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The
Cable Act of 1922 (ch. 411, 42 Stat. 1021, "
Married Women’s Independent Nationality Act") is a
United States federal law that reversed former immigration laws regarding marriage. Previously, a woman lost her U.S citizenship if she married a foreign man, since she assumed the citizenship of her husband—a law that didn't apply to men who married foreign women.
Former immigration laws prior to 1922 didn't make reference to the alien husband's race.
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) However, The Cable Act of 1922 guaranteed independent female citizenship only to women who were married to "alien[s] eligible to naturalization".
(External Link) At the time of the law's passage, Asian aliens were not considered to be racially eligible for U.S. citizenship.
(External Link) (External Link) As such, the Cable Act only partially reversed previous policies, granting independent female citizenship only to women who married non-Asians. The Cable Act effectively revoked the U.S. citizenship of any woman who married an Asian alien.
The Cable Act had additional limitations, since a woman could keep her US citizenship if she stayed within the United States, but if she married a foreigner and lived on foreign soil for as much as two years, she could still lose her right to American nationality.
The Cable Act was amended in 1931, allowing females to retain their citizenship, even after marrying "aliens ineligible for U.S. citizenship". In 1936, the Cable Act was repealed.
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