Mr. Speaker as-: granting 0f.independence to the Philipsertions that the floodgates would 7be pines changed the status of the Filipino opened to admit a horde of aliens.into in Hawaii to that of -Philippine nationals. the mainland. of the United States if They are. allowed to become United. Hawaii were granted statehood are un- States citizens through naturalization supported by fact. They are based on but at present are restricted toHawAiian gross misrepresentation of the immigra- residence. The re would be- o chahgein gros mirepese~taion f te imigathe naturalization laws when Hawaii bil_ tion and naturalization laws governing tii Hawaii. They are illogical and repre- comes a State. and the likelihood that sent the immoderate opinions of preju- many of the Filipinos would give up their diced minds. residence in Hawaii is extremely remote. Basically the Hawaiian Islands are. Certainly they do - not- constitute a covered under exactly the same immi- "horde" and If there are among them gration and naturalization laws that pre- any "undesirable aliens" they are subvail in the 48 States. Since these islands ject to deportati6n from Hawaii as. became American Territory by annexa- readily as they are from the States. Extion in 1898. they have served as this actly the same laws apply and if these countrys western frontier and outpost are inadequate to deal with the situafor protection of our country and the tion they can and should be changed.. enforcement of Federal law.
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