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[CITE: 8USC1422]

 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
                 CHAPTER 12--IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
 
             SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONALITY AND NATURALIZATION
 
               Part II--Nationality Through Naturalization
 
Sec. 1422. Eligibility for naturalization

    The right of a person to become a naturalized citizen of the United 
States shall not be denied or abridged because of race or sex or because 
such person is married.

(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 2, Sec. 311, 66 Stat. 239; Pub. 
L. 100-525, Sec. 9(t), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2621.)


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-525 struck out at end ``Notwithstanding section 
405(b) of this Act, this section shall apply to any person whose 
petition for naturalization shall hereafter be filed, or shall have been 
pending on the effective date of this chapter.''
