Alejandro Garcia v. United States Immigration and Naturalization Service

Appellant Alejandro Garcia appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for naturalization. He enlisted in the United States Navy in the Philippines in 1958 and was honorably discharged in 1964. He traveled to the United States on military orders in 1958, 1961, and 1963. His primary contention is that the Lodge Act, ch. 443, 64 Stat. 316 (1950), amended by Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, ch. 477, tit. IV, § 402(e), 66 Stat. 276 (repealed 1981), provides for the naturalization of aliens who have completed five or more years of “military service,” and that “military…