A Yemeni and an Arab won naturalization as White in 1942 and 1944

Evidence

In re Ahmed Hassan, 48 F.Supp. 843 (1942). 127. Hassan, 845. 128. Ex parte Mohriez, 54 F.Supp. 941, 942-43 (1944) (citing the official publication of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Monthly Review 1 [Oct. 1943]: 12–16). 129. Mohriez, 943. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 1440

Categorization

• QUESTION: Hassan (1942) and Mohriez (1944) look like turning points where courts finally admitted Arab/Muslim applicants — worth tracing what changed (wartime geopolitics?) to make the boundary shift formally.