Mr. Speaker. I rise to introduce a bill that would allow Filipino veterans of World War I to be naturalized as U.S. citizens. It would keep a promise our country made. then broke. over 40 years ago. to brave soldiers who defended our two countries in their hour of greatest need. Think back. for a moment. to the world of 1942. Europe lay at the feet of Hitler. submarines prowled our coast. our fleet lay at the bottcm of Pearl Harbor. and enemy troops were storming the Pacific. In this time of desperate need. Congres passed an amendment to the Nationality Act of 1940 promising citizenship to Filipino noncitizens who fought in the American Armed Forces. Filipinos came forward to our common defense by the thousands. Filipinos played a critical role in the war for the Pacific.
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