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The Northwest Times
Seattle, King County, Washington
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President Eisenhower signs law on July 24 enabling ~2000 Nisei, mostly women stranded in Japan, to regain U.S. citizenship lost due to voting there during 1945-1952 occupation. Sponsored by Sen. Watkins for JACL; aids family reunions.
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WASHINGTON, July 24 (JACL) - President Eisenhower has signed into law the JACL-sponsored bill providing for the expeditious naturalization of Nisei who lost their U.S. citizenship by voting in the post-war elections in Japan during the American occupation, the Washington JACL office reported today.
The bill provides that Nisei who lost their American citizenship by voting and for no other reason between September 2, 1945 and April 27, 1952 inclusive may regain such citizenship by simply taking naturalization and anti-communist oaths before the proper court or diplomatic or consular official abroad.
According to State Department estimates some 2000 Nisei stranded in Japan, most of them women, are involved.
The bill was introduced more than a year ago at the specific request of JACL by Sen. Arthur V. Watkins (R. Utah), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Naturalization.
Mike Masaoka, Washington JACL representative, hailed the White House action as "another step to help resolve some of the war time tragedies that befell American Nisei."
He added that the Watkins law will aid in bringing many separated U.S families together and resolve to a great degree one of the worst naturalization problems confronting American officials in Japan.
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July 24
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President Eisenhower signs JACL-sponsored bill allowing Nisei who lost U.S. citizenship by voting in Japan between September 2, 1945, and April 27, 1952, to regain it by taking oaths. Affects about 2000 Nisei, mostly women, stranded in Japan. Bill introduced by Sen. Watkins at JACL request; hailed by Mike Masaoka as resolving wartime tragedies and reuniting families.