Mr. Speaker. the purpose of this bill is to permit aliens in the armed services to reenlist abroad where they have not obtained first papers. Under the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Code. we made the obtaining of first papers purely optional. It is not a requisite for citizenship. But. under the code. which is applicable not only to the Army but to the Air Force. one of the requirements necessary in order to reenlist is that the alien have first papers. Now. the result is that aliens who have completed their terms of service abroad are unable to reenlist without coming back to the United States and obtaining their first papers. at considerable cost to the alien.
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