He was a remarkable man who had overcome enormous obstacles on the way to being elected a Member of the most powerful and influential legislative body on earth. When Dalip Saund arrived in the United States in 1920. he was still a native of India. It was not until 1949 that he was able to become a citizen and then only as a result of a nationwide effort which he led to revise the Nations immigration laws on behalf of all Indians in this country seeking to become U.S. citizens. Even the first public office to which he was elected in 1950 was denied him on a technicality due to the date of his naturalization. During the depression. farming conditions caused him to lose his ranch property andthrew him into $8.000 debt. Unlike many others in similar circumstances who filed for bankruptcy. the easiest thing to do.
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