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To: Yosemitest

Congress has the authority “To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization . . .” That is correct. However, “naturalization” has to do with who can be a citizen. They cannot change the meaning of the term, “natural born citizen.” You can be a citizen, but you may not be a “natural born citizen.” That status requires that you be born in the U.S. to citizen parents, a man and a woman. Those who can’t make that distinction, fail to know history during the time of the framing of the Constitution.


76 posted on 01/14/2016 12:04:56 PM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: jonrick46
They cannot change the meaning of the term, "natural born citizen." You have the WRONG comprehension of the term, and FROM WHERE out was derived !

You have no comprehension of the word "Naturalization", or the laws defining it.
What is the root word of "Naturalization" ? Not only could the Founding Father define "natural born citizen", BUT ... THE FOUNDING FATHERS DID DEFINE IT !
And you ARE refusing the definition of "natural born citizen" CLEARLY DEFINED by our FOUNDING FATHERS !

It was defined for the United States, BY OUR FOUNDING FATHERS !
And it was done AS PRESCRIBED IN Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, which list the powers given to Congress.
The third item on the list is the power to "establish a uniform rule of naturalization ... throughout the United States."

A year after the Constitution was adopted, Congress passed the first law that established a "uniform rule of naturalization": The Act of March 26, 1790.
The act was just the first in a series of laws addressing the issue of naturalization, ...

In January 1795, the act of 1790 was repealed and replaced by another law. ...
In 1798, the law on naturalization was changed again. ...
After Jefferson became president (in 1801), the 1798 naturalization law was repealed, or overturned (in 1802).
The basic provisions of the original 1790 law WERE RESTORED except for the period of residency before naturalization.
The residency requirement, that is, the amount of time the immigrant had to reside, or live, in the United States, was put back to five years, as it had been in 1795.
The 1802 law remained the basic naturalization act until 1906, with two notable exceptions.
In 1855, the wives of American citizens were automatically granted citizenship.
In 1870, people of African descent could become naturalized citizens, in line with constitutional amendments passed after the American Civil War (1861-65) that banned slavery and gave African American men the right to vote.
Other laws were passed to limit the number of people (if any) allowed to enter the United States from different countries, especially Asian countries,
but these laws did not affect limits on naturalization.



The Naturalization Act of 1790, let's read it !

78 posted on 01/14/2016 9:49:40 PM PST by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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