Speech #850145399

Mr. President. under section 329 (a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. any person who. while an alien or a noncitizen national of the United States has served honorably in an activeduty status in the Armed Forces of the United States during either World War I or World War II. and who. if separated from such service under honorable conditions. may be naturalized as a citizen of the United States. This same privilege of naturalization is denied to veterans of the Korean war who served in our Armed Forces under honorable conditions. This I think is most unfair and discriminates against veterans of the Korean war. It is only simple justice that veterans of the Korean war receive the same naturalization privileges accorded veterans of World War I and World War II. Mr. President. I. therefore. introduce proposed legislation to accord Korean war veterans the same naturalization privileges accorded our other war veterans. The only change I propose in the existing statute is to add the following phrase. "or during a period beginning June 25. 1950. and ending July 1. 1955." I believe that this change will be noncontroversial and I hope that my bill will receive prompt and favorable consideration from the Senate Immigration Subcommittee and the Judiciary Committee. Mr. President. I introduce for appropriate reference a bill to grant Korean veterans who served honorably in the Armed Forces equal naturalization privileges. I ask unanimous consent that there be printed in the RECORD following my remarks the text of the bill. together with a letter I recently received from Comdr. Robert K.