It is relevant today. If parents don’t care enough about America to get their citizenship, then how are they to teach their children to love and be loyal to America?
Agreed. And the founders and framers felt the same way regarding who could be the President and Commander in Chief of our military once the founding generation, who were exempted by the grandfather clause in the presidential eligibility clause, had passed away: https://cdrkerchner.wordpress.com/2023/07/21/quotable-quotes-re-citizenship-kinds-allegiance-and-the-presidential-eligibility-clause-of-united-states/
Quotable Quotes re Citizenship Kinds, Allegiance, and The Presidential Eligibility Clause in The United States Constitution: https://cdrkerchner.wordpress.com/2023/07/21/quotable-quotes-re-citizenship-kinds-allegiance-and-the-presidential-eligibility-clause-of-united-states/