I noted in the above two articles that we shouldn’t need more laws to underline what is either Constitutional precept or else self-evident. Here’s the third example:
No law currently prevents Congress members from having dual citizenship
Act for America is pressuring Congress to pass legislation to ban people with foreign citizenship from serving in the House and Senate. The Virginia-based national security advocacy group said the lack of a prohibition on Congress members with dual citizenship was a “dangerous loophole.”
“This bill should never have been necessary,” Act for America said. “From the founding of this republic, the expectation was crystal clear: those entrusted with making laws for the United States must owe their complete and undivided loyalty to America.”
The Constitution sets qualifications for service in Congress, which are a minimum age (25 years old for the House and 30 years old for the Senate), a period of U.S. citizenship (7 years for the House and 9 years for the Senate) and residency in the state represented. However, it does not restrict foreign citizenship.
Actually, from my own memory of the naturalization process, one of the steps towards becoming a U..S. citizen is formally renouncing under oath one’s previous citizenship. One would think, therefore, that the issue should be moot, and not require a law which underlines the regulation, but it appears that one would be wrong.
And as much as I dislike the appearance of yet another fucking law to join the raft of laws already in situ, I would truly support legislation which would require that all Congress members be required to surrender their non-U.S. passports in public — i.e. as part of their swearing-in ceremony — with failure to do so resulting in immediate disqualification and a by-election to bring someone else into office.
Hell, I think I’d support that such a law be applied to any level of government, federal, state or local. (Congressional staffers and similar remora also come to mind, by the way.)
Let’s have our republic run by actual Americans, and not something-Americans.
I should point out that no freshly-minted U.S. citizen ever jettisoned their native passport with the alacrity that I did. I couldn’t wait to get rid of the fucking thing, just as I heartily tossed my (cut-up) Illinois Firearms Owner ID (FOID) card into the Mississippi River on my final trip from Chicago to Texas.
“Congressional staffers and similar remora” – Bingo – great metaphor for the leech class!
Your sentiments are right on point. Every time I see that cunt Omar espousing her native Shitmalia I want to smash her ungrateful face. There should be no doubt of total loyalty to the country and the organization which employs the person, elected or appointed.
Why not stipulate that the entire population of a dual-citizen elected official’s district or State automatically become subject to that second nation’s laws, taxes, and military obligations? You want some shit on your cheesecake, you get some shit on your cheesecake.
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Not to be that guy, but the whole legality of dual citizenship kind of traces back to the 1960’s and a communist Jew who was living in Israel taking a case to the US Supreme Court (in order to continue receiving social security IIRC).
My personal opinion is that we should NOT allow dual citizenship at all, for any and all US citizens. Not just congress-critters, but everyone. Anyone unwilling to give up their foreign citizenship should be loaded on the first boat back to whatever shithole country they came from. Of course, that can start after we get rid of all the illegals.
Agreed. Those whose birth situation gives them dual citizenship should be made to choose at age 18 which country their allegiance lies with and revocation of their foreign citizenship within the year. Any us citizen who obtains foreign citizenship can certainly do so but must revoke their US citizenship and turn in their passport, and if found not to have done so, have it stripped from them.
My 2 shekels, worth what you paid for it.
Exactly – good summary.