So it would require no more work on the part of the INS than is now the case in Federal courts. So as we move toward allowing administrative ceremonies. I would hope we would not lose sight of the fact that State court judges can be utilized. and I would hope. as the chairman of our committee has suggested. that we might evidence our support for this and let the INS know that we certainly support this because it seems to me the very worst thing we could do is to delay an actual naturalization ceremony such that an individual who has done everything he or she is supposed to do to become an American citizen is not allowed to become an American citizen because he or she has to wait and wait and wait. It particulary pains me in an election year to see some people who have qualified in every other respect to become American citizens denied that most precious of gifts of American citizenship. the right to vote. because we have a backlog and they cannot get into the courts to have the ceremony done. We hope this bill will help us in that effort.
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