Why naturalized citizens and their children born in the U.S. should NOT be treated like ordinary citizens...

[PeaceWave]

That's right. I said it. Naturalized citizens and their children born in the U.S. should NOT be treated like ordinary citizens. No sir. And, the reason is simple. Families who have immigrated to the U.S. have left behind everything - friends, family, culture, their native language and land - to be HERE in the U.S. All of which makes the leap of faith that comes with leaving your country to move to a foreign land something far, far from ordinary. Just the opposite in fact. Naturalized citizens and their children born in the U.S. are our constant everyday reminders of the extraordinary miracle that is hope against all odds. Hope to overcome hardship. Hope to better one's life. Hope to see the next generation do better than the one before it. A reminder without which an America prone to complacency might occasionally think itself Great Again, when in fact America has always been and always will be a garden in constant need of renewal.

[eppur_se_muova]

1. "Americans by choice", as German-Americans reminded people during WWI.

So did Czechs, who were often mistaken for Germans.

[Torchlight]

2. I hope Naturalized Citizenship is not Self-Deleted by the nation. nt

(4... 3.... 2...1 POOF!)

[demmiblue]

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Why naturalized citizens and their children born in the U.S. should NOT be treated like ordinary citizens...

That's right. I said it. Naturalized citizens and their children born in the U.S. should NOT be treated like ordinary citizens. No sir. And, the reason is simple. Families who have immigrated to the U.S. have left behind everything - friends, family, culture, their native language and land - to be HERE in the U.S. All of which makes the leap of faith that comes with leaving your country to move to a foreign land something far, far from ordinary. Just the opposite in fact. Naturalized citizens and their children born in the U.S. are our constant everyday reminders of the extraordinary miracle that is hope against all odds. Hope to overcome hardship. Hope to better one's life. Hope to see the next generation do better than the one before it. A reminder without which an America prone to complacency might occasionally think itself Great Again, when in fact America has always been and always will be a garden in constant need of renewal.

[BurnDoubt]

4. What if...

Ice was tasked with selecting random people and requiring them to take the Citizenship Test, and those who fail deported forthwith?
I’m guessing this might go a long way toward ridding ourselves a lot of MAGA-nutz.
I like the idea of testing all candidates on The Constitution, requiring a score of 93/100 to qualify. That way, if they violate our Rights, there will be no doubt they deliberately violated the Law.

[MustLoveBeagles]

5. My late mother was a naturalized citizen

She came here at 1 1/2 and became a citizen at 6 in the lake fifties. My husband is worried they'll consider me an anchor baby.

[aggiesal]

6. My mom, immigrated to the U.S. when she was 18 years old. ...

Then she became a U.S. citizen at 55 years old, because I needed a Clearance at my job & I couldn't get one if either of my parents were not citizens for this level of Clearance.

[fierywoman]

7. My father immigrated when he was 5 from Germany. When he was drafted for WWII and they realized he spoke

perfect German, they used him to interrogate German prisoners. ("Just the regular ones, not the big ones," he said.) I thought of him as I watched Nuremberg the other day...

[fierywoman]

8. ...And my maternal grandmother (also immigrated from Germany in the 20's but wasn't a citizen) was

put in a camp here in the USA for Germans (like the ones for Japanese.) And her daughter (my aunt) was put in a camp with her husband in Texas for a few years. MAGA indeed! ( )