Introduced into the House of Representatives as H.R. 2580 by Emanuel Cellar (D-NY)
Emanuel Celler was born on May 6, 1888, in Brooklyn, New York. His parents, Josephine (née Müller) and Henry H. Celler, were each the children of German immigrants. ***His paternal grandparents and maternal grandmother were jewish***
America.
Citizenship was explicitly limited to
> "free white person[s] [...] of good character"
Naturalization Act of 1790
Emanuel Celler was born on May 6, 1888, in Brooklyn, New York. His parents, Josephine (née Müller) and Henry H. Celler, were each the children of German immigrants. ***His paternal grandparents and maternal grandmother were jewish***