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Puerto Ricans were granted American citizenship in 1917 for the purposes of national safety and defense, Morales said, explaining that the U.S. wanted support during the war--"Ambivalence was solved in the face of external threat...
...emotionally committed on the registration issue. What I in fact said to the reporter concerned was that I did not take part in actions in January urging people not to register, because, as a foreigner. I would not have to make such a decision myself. Regardless of one's citizenship, the introduction of registration is detrimental to world peace. Therefore, even the most parochial Englishman can be emotionally committed on the registration issue. Therefore, even the most parochial Englishman can be emotionally committed on the registration issue. Therefore, even though I am English, I do find the issue extremely important...
...Bicentennial issue, which he edited. "Defining the changing role and the ultimate power of the Congress is just as important today as it was 200 years ago," says Friedrich. Diplomatic Correspondent Strobe Talbott analyzed American foreign policy and defense, and Senior Writer Lance Morrow wrote about the duties of citizenship. Morrow is obviously serious-if somewhat literal minded-about American Renewal. He and his wife Brooke are expecting their second child on the Fourth of July...
...Kielce and Czestochowa while serving as a Gestapo agent from 1939 to 1943. Though Walus, a Polish emigré, insisted that he spent those years on labor farms in Germany, Federal Judge Julius Hoffman, 85 (who presided at the Chicago Seven trial in 1969), ruled that he had won citizenship by hiding his Nazi past. Facing deportation, Walus, 58, hired a new attorney who found documents showing that the Gestapo had a 5-ft. 7-in. height minimum (Walus is 5 ft. 4 in.) and did not accept Poles. An appeals court overruled Hoffman, and the Government has dropped...
Officially the granting of citizenship occurs with the judge's acceptance of the petition. The more than 300 immigrants wade through the registration tables, and wait for the judge's arrival. She enters, accompanied through the aisles by a retinue of assistants and clerks. The motions for naturalization are cried out by the naturalization attorneys, and she delivers a short speech. The new citizens take the oath of allegiance...