Speaker. the ruling was rendered on August 8. 1949. in the case of Ricardo Fermin. On the strength of this ruling. United States District Courts of Hawaii have already qualified a considerable number of Filipinos from among this group for naturalization. I call attention to this ruling because the proceedings of the court that have come in consequence of it appear to meet all of the purposes of the amendment that I offered to H. R. 5678 when it was under consideration in the House. The purpose of the amendment was to give this group of Filipinos now in Hawaii the status of permanent residents. The amendment was rejected. The argument was made that the Filipinos who had entered the country under this law had not been properly screened by the immigration authorities. and therefore. should not be granted permanent residence for purposes of the immigration and naturalization laws. It appears now that this is not in accordance with rulings already made and that the amendment as proposed was unnecessary. The ruling follows: In re Ricardo Fermin.
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