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Originally Posted by pxmcc
and they were naturalized because why again? before that they were illegal aliens.
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They were naturalized so they could become American Citizens.
Illegal? Quite the contrary.
My father had a visa to enter the USA in 1935. Same for my mother's father 1907.and so on. They had gotten their visa from a US consulate in their country of origin. At Ells Island they were in-processed and given whatever documentation established their legal right to remain in the USA at that time.
The record of their legal entry is online.
That is pretty much the current process to legally enter the country today.