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Volume 65 · a40

Private Law 82–102

For the Relief of Tetsuko Hidaka.

Approved June 27, 1951

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the Relief of Tetsuko Hidaka.

Be it enacted by the. Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the provisions of the immigration laws relating to the exclusion of aliens inadmissible because of race shall not hereafter apply to Tetsuko Hidaka, the Japanese fiancée of Ernest Collier, a citizen of the United States and a private, first class, in the United States Army who was wounded in Korea, and the said Tetsuko Hidaka shall be eligible for a visa as a nonimmigrant temporary visitor for a period of three months: Provided, That the administrative authorities find that the said Tetsuko Hidaka is coming to the United States with a bona fide intention of being married to the said Ernest Collier, and that she is found otherwise admissible under the immigration laws. In the event that the marriage between the above-named parties does not occur within three months after the entry of the said Tetsuko Hidaka, she shall be required to depart from the United States, and upon failure to do so shall be deported in accordance with the provisions of sections 19 and

39 Stat. 889.

20 of the Immigration Act of 1917, as amended (U. S. C., title 8, secs. 155 and 156). In the event that the marriage between the above-named parties shall occur within three months after the entry of the said Tetsuko Hidaka, the Attorney General is authorized and directed to record the lawful admission for permanent residence of the said Tetsuko Hidaka as of the date of the payment by her of the required visa fee and head tax.

Approved June 27, 1951.

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