8 U.S.C. § 137a — Repealed. May 24, 1934, ch. 344, § 5, 48 Stat. 798

Section, act Sept. 22, 1922, ch. 411, § 8, as added July 3, 1930, ch. 826, 46 Stat. 849 , provided as follows: “§ 137a. Married woman whose husband is native-born citizen and veteran of World War. Any woman eligible by race to citizenship who has married a citizen of the United States before July 3, 1930 , whose husband shall have been a native-born citizen and a member of the military or naval forces of the United States during the World War, and separated therefrom under honorable conditions; if otherwise admissible, shall not be excluded from admission into the United States under section 136 of this title , unless she be excluded under the provisions of that section relating to— “(a) Persons afflicted with a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease, except tuberculosis in any form; “(b) Polygamy; “(c) Prostitutes, procurers, or other like immoral persons; “(d) Persons convicted of crime: Provided, That no such wife shall be excluded because of offenses committed during legal infancy, while a minor under the age of twenty-one years, and for which the sentences imposed were less than three months, and which were committed more than five years previous to July 3, 1930 ; “(e) Persons previously deported; “(f) Contract laborers. “After admission to the United States she shall be subject to all other provisions of [former] sections 9 and 10 and 367–370 of this title.” Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Savings Clause Act May 24, 1934, ch. 344, § 5, 48 Stat. 798 , provided that the repeal of this section should not affect any right or privilege or terminate any citizenship acquired under the section before such repeal.

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