On behalf of these constituents. members of my staff investigated the relevant section of the Code in order to find the basis for these preliminary hearings for children. Mr. President. my staff could find no specific requirement for these preliminary examinations. because. of course. there is none. As I mentioned earlier. children of tender years who are adopted by American parents are already presumed in the law to be of suitable character to be naturalized. The preliminary hearings are therefore superfluous. Mr. President. it is beyond me.what the INS hopes to determine from these hearings. It is clearly not to determine if an infant or a minor child is of good moral character or adheres to the principles of the Constitution.
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