Schneider v. Rusk

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, 66 Stat. 163, 269, 8 U. S. C. §§ 1101, 1484, provides by § 352:

“(a) A person who has become a national by naturalization shall lose his nationality by—

“(1) having a continuous residence for three years in the territory of a foreign state of which he was formerly a national or in which the place of his birth is situated, except as provided in section 353 of this title,1 whether such residence commenced before or after the effective date of this Act . . . .” (Italics added.)

Appellant, a German national by birth, came to this country with her parents…