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Teddy Roosevelt: “I recommend to the Congress that an act be past specifically providing for the naturalization of Japanese who come here…”

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I recommend to the Congress that an act be past specifically providing for the naturalization of Japanese who come here intending to become American citizens.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt recommends legislation for the naturalization of Japanese immigrants seeking American citizenship.

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