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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
July 3, 2002
Expedited Naturalization Executive Order
Executive Order Expedited Naturalization of Aliens and Noncitizen
Nationals Serving in An Active-Duty Status During the War on Terrorism
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section 329 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1440) (the "Act"), and solely
in order to provide expedited naturalization for aliens and noncitizen
nationals serving in an active-duty status in the Armed Forces of the
United States during the period of the war against terrorists of global
reach, it is hereby ordered as follows:
For the purpose of determining qualification for the exception from the
usual requirements for naturalization, I designate as a period in which
the Armed Forces of the United States were engaged in armed conflict
with a hostile foreign force the period beginning on September 11, 2001.
Such period will be deemed to terminate on a date designated by future
Executive Order. Those persons serving honorably in active-duty status
in the Armed Forces of the United States, during the period beginning on
September 11, 2001, and terminating on the date to be so designated, are
eligible for naturalization in accordance with the statutory exception
to the naturalization requirements, as provided in section 329 of the
Act. Nothing contained in this order is intended to affect, nor does it
affect, any other power, right, or obligation of the United States, its
agencies, officers, employees, or any other person under Federal law or
the law of nations.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 3, 2002.
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