President Johnson included the sum of $160.000 for the same purpose in his budget now before Congress. That request was not acted upon by the committee and the committee determined to put the Issue before the Members todaywithout prejudice. In other words. it is now up to the Members to decide whether they will support a fullscale. uninhibited and longoverdue study and review of immigration policy as required by law. I need not make it abundantly clear that a Member voting to increase the appropriation is not casting a vote against the Appropriations Committee and by the same token a vote against the increase is not a vote to support the Appropriations Committee. The Joint Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy Is prepared to move ahead expeditiously to discharge its responsibilities once the funds adequate to its task. as defined by law. are made available. I urge Members to support the amendment which I shall offer to provide adequate funds for the task that needs urgently to be done. Mr. Chairman. there is a strong possibility that our late President. John F. Kennedy. might still be alive today if Congress had taken time out during the past 5 years to review our immigration policy and supporting laws as well as. their administration by the different agencies of Government. including the State Department. The question as to whether an Individual has lost his U.S. citizenship must be determined in accordance with the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952. While It is not generally realized. a person desiring to renounce his U.S. citizenship under section 349(a) (6) of the act. must make a formal renouncement of nationality before a diplomatic or consular officer of the United States abroad in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State. According to the State Departments own admission on how it administers the law.
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