Prior to the Constitution's inception and the first Naturalization Act of 1790, the States were the ones who dictated Naturalization policy. By 1795, the Congress framed the first Immigration and Naturalization Act (of 1795, and of which I have written to you previously about!!) the key criteria for citizenship of the Naturalization Act of 1795 remain part of American law to this date: (1) five years of (lawful) residence within the United States; (2) a "good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States"; (3) the taking of a formal oath to support the Constitution and to renounce any foreign allegiance; and (4) the renunciation of any hereditary titles.
Most importantly, the 1795 Act, as is the law today, requires that any new citizen must "absolutely and entirely renounce" any previous allegiance to any other Nation-State. Somehow, the Obama Administration, (as well as the Bush Administration) forgot this most important aspect!!
I posted the text in its entirety. It said NOTHING about immigration.
FURTHERMORE immigration AND naturalization remain distinctly different things.
Bob (pronounced Bub) comes to America. If he wants to become a Citizen, (ie. to be naturalized) he must follow the rules drafted by Congress per AIS8C4. If he has no interest whatsoever in becoming naturalized those rules have absolutely no bearing upon him whatsoever.
Migration, of course, is a natural right -- corollary to one's right to life.
Regard$,
--MJ
Do not separate text from historical background. If you do,
you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which
can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate
government. -- James Madison
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