A correspondent writes:—The Congress of the United States has now revised its immigration laws to make possible the admission into the country of aliens who have fought under the American flag. The wives of such aliens are also ts be admitted. The wives, however, of American citizens, even native born American citizens, are still not recognized as Americans in spite of all the efforts to humanize thy immigration laws. For, in spite of all international Inw, alien women who marry Americans lose their cwt: nationality and do not gain their husband's. They are left without nationality and travel" about the world ona sworn apology for not having @ passport. In a. republic, great injustices are possible beeauns momentary' passions are rapidly enacted into laws, which can be repealed only with the greatest difficulty, but this law, which is clearly against all moral and religious teachings, which, in effect, breaks up family' life, should be changed at once. 'There is apparent ly a tendency in the United Statex to return to more sober ways, to a revision of opinions formed in' the aftermath of the Great War. The immigration and naturalization laws are amorist the laws which apparently require immediate revision, for although only a few suffer from them, their appearance on the statute books is nevertheless a reflexion on the humane ross of American legislation.
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