I thank the Senator from Oregon and the Senator from New York for their kind words. First. upon the question of deportation and then one or two general comments on the bill before us. Last August I offered a bill cosponsored by the Senator from Michigan which provided for the basic provisions in the bill as submitted by the Senator from Oregon . but in addition to providing a 10year statute of limitations on deportation proceedings. it also made two additional points. First. it would put an end to the present practice whereby naturalized citizens who refuse to testify before congressional committees could have their citizenship revoked. which would again seem to indicate that naturalized citizens are a different kind of citizens from those born in the United States. To my mind. it seems unfaircitizens by choice rather than citizens by the accident of birth should be given the favored spot and not the unfavored spot. Second. my bill would seek to rectify what has been already cleared up by the Supreme Court in the Schneider case. This was the case which decided that individuals born in a foreign country and naturalized in the United States. and then. through no fault of their own. spent more than 3 years residence in the country of their birth. would lose their citizenship. This is on the statute books but declared by the Supreme Court to be unconstitutional. It should be repealed.
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