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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