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Immigration and citizenship
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![Letter from Japanese American Citizens League Anti-Discrimination Committee (ddr-densho-355-145)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/7a/7e/7a7e3ae0b6f853a8575d87c1b40aa01c.jpg)
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Letter from Japanese American Citizens League Anti-Discrimination Committee (ddr-densho-355-145)
Letter related to private bill S. 329
![Letter to Senator Alexander Wiley from Gentaro Takahashi (ddr-densho-355-132)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/c5/8c/c58c704a6a16107ef7362424cca053a1.jpg)
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Letter to Senator Alexander Wiley from Gentaro Takahashi (ddr-densho-355-132)
Re: H.R. 3566 concerning deportations of persons of Japanese ancestry.
![Copy of Bill S. 329 (ddr-densho-355-148)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/83/e6/83e6f11b172134484be272515b681594.jpg)
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Copy of Bill S. 329 (ddr-densho-355-148)
Bill related to permanent residence of Gentaro Takahashi
![Letter from Japanese American Citizens League Anti-Discrimination Committee (ddr-densho-355-146)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/18/0c/180c2211f0706cd7566cc23c3859cac8.jpg)
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Letter from Japanese American Citizens League Anti-Discrimination Committee (ddr-densho-355-146)
Letter related to passage of private bill S. 329 to Private Law 260
![Letter to Senator Arthur Vandenberg from Gentaro Takahashi (ddr-densho-355-131)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/18/e1/18e1d6995201c349879b8c8f0fffa2d9.jpg)
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Letter to Senator Arthur Vandenberg from Gentaro Takahashi (ddr-densho-355-131)
Re: Private bill relating to Gentaro Takahashi's immigration status
![Letter and envelope from Japanese American Citizens League Anti-Discrimination Committee (ddr-densho-355-147)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/b4/ae/b4aeb05d0f25510830a562e9aaa2297c.jpg)
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Letter and envelope from Japanese American Citizens League Anti-Discrimination Committee (ddr-densho-355-147)
Letter related to Private Law 260
![Letter from The Detroit Council of Churches to Sen. Arthur Vandenberg (ddr-densho-355-143)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/c6/03/c6030b155e9a02ea5d1ba87642ad9011.jpg)
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Letter from The Detroit Council of Churches to Sen. Arthur Vandenberg (ddr-densho-355-143)
Related to private bill to give permanent residence to Gentaro Takahashi
![Newspaper Clipping (ddr-densho-355-72)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/09/2a/092a6348df02961d1ce250de41ee25b4.jpg)
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Newspaper Clipping (ddr-densho-355-72)
Describing act of congress allowing Gentaro Takahashi to file citizenship papers
![Copy of Bill S. 2059 (ddr-densho-355-149)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/cf/2c/cf2c295b21508f53b5015cffc260b5bd.jpg)
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Copy of Bill S. 2059 (ddr-densho-355-149)
Bill related to permanent residence of Gentaro Takahashi
![Miscellaneous documents (ddr-densho-355-142)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/2d/e0/2de0299647f5822117d56f8165119ad6.jpg)
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Miscellaneous documents (ddr-densho-355-142)
Letter related to private law 260; Boston College Delta Mu Delta initiation; clipping mentioning Gentaro Takahashi; envelope
![Letter from Lt. Col. E. M. Hudgins to U.S. Department of Justice (ddr-densho-446-157)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/c4/45/c445fedd18a0fa285604fbac9ecc7d7c.jpg)
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Letter from Lt. Col. E. M. Hudgins to U.S. Department of Justice (ddr-densho-446-157)
Letter in support of Tsai's requests to change his status to friendly alien. Hudgins is Tsai's supervisor in current Military Intelligence Service position. Hudgins offers strong support for his character, ability, assistance to US war effort.
![Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-85)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/66/ca/66ca510ca9975dcb7444d342de0756d4.jpg)
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Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-85)
File# ST-10221: Passport will expire September 1, 1943; requesting 3-year extension for PhD study.
![Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Hugh Borton (ddr-densho-446-129)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/a2/97/a2978b6722adda216cb27ddb02892428.jpg)
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Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Hugh Borton (ddr-densho-446-129)
Request for assistance obtaining Chinese citizenship [handwritten draft]
![Letter from George](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/eb/de/ebdeb59b306ff3c65ad4c1f85a125992.jpg)
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Letter from George "Jack" H. Kerr to U.S. Department of Justice (ddr-densho-446-158)
Letter in support of Tsai's requests to change his status to friendly alien. Kerr offers strong support for Tsai's character, ability, and assistance to US war effort.
![Letter from Edward J. Ennis to Ai Thich Tsai (ddr-densho-446-116)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/ee/b1/eeb142e69f887c72db56c70631f0f24c.jpg)
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Letter from Edward J. Ennis to Ai Thich Tsai (ddr-densho-446-116)
Acknowledges request for assistance in changing alien status. U.S. law offers no way to do this except by complying with naturalization statutes. Recommends contacting Immigration and Naturalization Services Department in Philadelphia.
![Letter from Robert Cashman to Alderman P.H. Douglas (ddr-densho-446-71)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/7c/86/7c86c3230de9b6a0570a816e95251b9e.jpg)
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Letter from Robert Cashman to Alderman P.H. Douglas (ddr-densho-446-71)
Letter to Alderman Douglas with introduction for Ai Chih Tsai with request for counsel regarding Tsai's status following Pearl Harbor
![Notice of Involuntary Separation (ddr-densho-446-150)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/27/93/27937993ccdf153257554d612a0a158f.jpg)
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Notice of Involuntary Separation (ddr-densho-446-150)
Advice of Personnel Action. Involuntary Separation from Office of War Intelligence since Tsai is a Japanese subject.
![Letter from Lt. Col. Merillat Moses to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-118)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/99/0f/990f78552af9f307c957afa14472a8db.jpg)
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Letter from Lt. Col. Merillat Moses to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-118)
Letter in support of Tsai's requests to change his status to friendly alien. As Tsai's immediate chief, Moses has a strong personal interest in this case and requests that every effort be made to change Tsai's registration.
![Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to President Franklin D. Roosevelt (ddr-densho-446-122)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/67/aa/67aa0c91669efe614bc0afe18b53b27e.jpg)
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Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to President Franklin D. Roosevelt (ddr-densho-446-122)
Request for executive action to change status to "friendly alien" based on prior work for U.S. government in order to avoid deportation, to avoid consequences for wife and baby, and to allow Tsai to be considered for employment in the American Consulate in Formosa and Chinese Embassy [final draft]
![Letter from Hugh Borton to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-130)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/62/f7/62f71d59e639738dedc19e8a446e880d.jpg)
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Letter from Hugh Borton to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-130)
Department of State "will do whatever is within its jurisdiction to further your cause."
![Letter from Henry P. Chandler to Dr. Harrison Ray Anderson (ddr-densho-446-126)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/e3/e0/e3e05d8024b26c81d1dcd515bf03ecaf.jpg)
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Letter from Henry P. Chandler to Dr. Harrison Ray Anderson (ddr-densho-446-126)
Have Mr. Tsai meet with me and I will help if possible. Includes second letter from Dr. Anderson to Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai below the fold.
![Letter from Joseph Savoretti to Lt. Col. Merillat Moses (ddr-densho-446-120)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/2d/09/2d09b76a82e54c35a118f68394645945.jpg)
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Letter from Joseph Savoretti to Lt. Col. Merillat Moses (ddr-densho-446-120)
Acknowledgement of receipt of letter from June 21. Department of Justice has discontinued practice of amending registration records and cannot consider Tsai's request.
![Letter to Dr. Anderson from Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-405)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/ae/8c/ae8c859f8e59936388d728a5fc364631.jpg)
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Letter to Dr. Anderson from Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-405)
Ai Chih Tsai requested Dr. Anderson to send an offer or employment in the US from his church or the Missionary Boards so that he could return to the US
![Letter from Lt. Col. Merillat Moses to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-160)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/8f/08/8f08dd6b433fa91c5deefc21a9dec467.jpg)
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Letter from Lt. Col. Merillat Moses to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-160)
Letter in support of Tsai's requests to change his status to friendly alien. As Tsai's immediate chief, Moses has a strong personal interest in this case and requests that every effort be made to change Tsai's registration.
![Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Ai-jin (ddr-densho-446-318)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/4a/b2/4ab2e18e544918c595226ab14fcb0684.jpg)
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Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Ai-jin (ddr-densho-446-318)
Exchange news. Ai Chih Tsai wrote to Chungking about getting a Chinese passport. Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai and Ai Chih Tsai are working on business contacts and possibilities for Ai-jin and contacting church boards and government officials to raise funds for educational activities in Formosa. Ai Chih Tsai needs financial help. Will send money to Chiong-hui's siblings …