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These provisions are needed in aid and for the protection of the honest citizen of foreign birth, and for the want of which he is made to suffer not infrequently.
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gutenberg.orgUlysses S. Grant: “These provisions are needed in aid and for the protection of the honest citizen of foreign birth, and for the want of…”
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Grant emphasizes the need for legal protections for honest citizens of foreign birth against fraudulent naturalization.
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