December 11, 2005

"Congress and the Naturalization of Immigrants"

There's a historical backgrounder here.

This part stands out:

Federal law and regulations establish procedures, administered by the Department of State, by which Americans can voluntarily renounce their citizenship. In addition, federal law lists a variety of acts that shall result in the loss of citizenship if "voluntarily perform[ed] . . . with the intention of relinquishing United States nationality." These include obtaining naturalization in a foreign state; declaring allegiance to a foreign state; serving in the armed forces of a foreign state as an officer or when the foreign state is engaged in hostilities against the United States; and, in some cases, serving in governmental office in a foreign state.

Of course, there are millions of U.S. citizens who are also citizens of other countries. And, recall the case of Illinois state senator Martin Sandoval, who wants to also serve on a Mexican committee.

Posted to Immigration2005b at December 11, 2005 08:19 AM

Comments

Has the president declared his allegiance to a foreign state?

Posted by: John S Bolton at December 12, 2005 02:24 AM

I think that Illegal immigration is wrong. you were born in your country for a reason. We were born here for a reason. Yes I do think everyone should be free, but with all of the illegal immigrants coming to the U.S., we barely have any jobs. The teens ususally work at fastfood restaurants and stuff, but now we can't because immigrants don't have a good enough education and are taking those jobs cause they can't find one anywhere else.

Posted by: Kaitlyn at January 20, 2006 09:26 AM