Posted on 07/02/2010 5:56:10 PM PDT by combat_boots
The Department of State occasionally receives requests for certificates of non-citizen national status pursuant to Section 341(b)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 USC 1452(b)(2).
As the title of the certificate indicates, only a person who qualifies as a non-citizen national (i.e. a person who is a U.S. national but not a U.S. citizen) is eligible to apply for such a certificate.
(Excerpt) Read more at travel.state.gov ...
President Coolidge signs the immigration act on the White House South Lawn along with appropriation bills for the Veterans Bureau. John J. Pershing is on the President's right.The Immigration Act of 1924, or Johnson–Reed Act, including the National Origins Act, Asian Exclusion Act (43 Statutes-at-Large 153), was a United States federal law that limited the number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States in 1890, down from the 3% cap set by the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921, according to the Census of 1890. It excluded immigration of Asians. It superseded the 1921 Emergency Quota Act. The law was aimed at further restricting the Southern and Eastern Europeans who were immigrating in large numbers starting in the 1890s, as well as prohibiting the immigration of East Asians and Asian Indians.
Congressman Albert Johnson and Senator David Reed were the two main architects. In the wake of intense lobbying, the Act passed with strong congressional support.[1] There were six dissenting votes in the Senate and a handful of opponents in the House, the most vigorous of whom was freshman Brooklyn Representative Emanuel Celler. Over the succeeding four decades, Celler made the repeal of the Act into a personal crusade. Some of the law's strongest supporters were influenced by Madison Grant and his 1916 book, The Passing of the Great Race. Grant was a eugenicist and an advocate of the racial hygiene theory. His data purported to show the superiority of the founding Northern European races. But most proponents of the law were rather concerned with upholding an ethnic status quo and avoiding competition with foreign workers.[2]
The act was strongly supported by well-known union leader and founder of the AFL, Samuel Gompers.[3] Gompers was a Jewish immigrant, and uninterested in the accusations by many Jews that the quotas were based on anti-Semitism.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924
Travel Warning
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Mexico
May 06, 2010
The Department of State has issued this Travel Warning to inform U.S. citizens traveling to and living in Mexico about the security situation in Mexico, and to advise that the authorized departure of family members of U.S. government personnel from U.S. Consulates in the northern Mexico border cities of Tijuana, Nogales, Ciudad Juarez, Nuevo Laredo, Monterrey and Matamoros has been extended. This Travel Warning supersedes the Travel Warning for Mexico dated April 12, 2010 to note the extension of authorized departure and to update guidance on security conditions and crime.
Millions of U.S. citizens safely visit Mexico each year. This includes tens of thousands who cross the border every day for study, tourism or business and at least one million U.S. citizens who live in Mexico. The Mexican government makes a considerable effort to protect U.S. citizens and other visitors to major tourist destinations. Resort areas and tourist destinations in Mexico do not see the levels of drug-related violence and crime reported in the border region and in areas along major drug trafficking routes. Nevertheless, crime and violence are serious problems. While most victims of violence are Mexican citizens associated with criminal activity, the security situation poses serious risks for U.S. citizens as well.
It is imperative that U.S. citizens understand the risks involved in travel to Mexico, how best to avoid dangerous situations, and who to contact if one becomes a victim of crime or violence. Common-sense precautions such as visiting only legitimate business and tourist areas during daylight hours, and avoiding areas where criminal activity might occur, can help ensure that travel to Mexico is safe and enjoyable. U.S. citizen victims of crime in Mexico are urged to contact the consular section of the nearest U.S. Consulate or Embassy for advice and assistance. Contact information is provided at the end of this message.
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_4755.html
Haiti
June 24, 2010
The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the situation in Haiti in the aftermath of the January 12 earthquake that struck near Port-au-Prince. This replaces the Travel Warning for Haiti dated March 15, 2010, and provides updated information for U.S. citizens in Haiti.
The Department of State strongly urges U.S. citizens to avoid travel to Haiti. The January 12 earthquake caused significant damage to key infrastructure and access to basic services remains limited. The country continues to experience shortages of food, drinking water, transportation and adequate shelter. The earthquake significantly reduced the capacity of Port-au-Prince’s medical facilities and inadequate public sanitation poses serious health risks. While the Embassy’s ability to provide emergency consular services has improved in the months following the earthquake, it is still limited. The level of violent crime in Port-au-Prince, including murder and kidnapping, remains high.
Those wishing to assist in Haiti relief efforts should be aware that despite their good intentions, travel to Haiti will increase the burden on a system already struggling to support those in need on the ground. Those wishing to volunteer their services are advised that Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) are reporting that their capacity to absorb additional volunteers is limited. Cash donations are the most effective way to help the relief effort in Haiti. Cash allows established organizations to purchase the exact type and quantity of items needed to help those affected by the earthquake without having to pay the high costs associated with transporting physical donations to Haiti. Financial contributions can be transferred quickly and reduce the challenges posed by limited staff, equipment, and space. Cash donations also support Haiti’s local economy and ensure that culturally and environmentally appropriate assistance is rendered.
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_4632.html
Sounds like an oxymoron.
According to the link in the original post above, this applies to the people of American Samoa, Swains Island, and certain inhabitants of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
It would be interesting if American Indians had a non-citizen status that would allow them to escape the tyranny of the federal government and related organizations, such as the IRS.
You are right. Marianas, American Samoa, etc.
I just thought people might want to familiarize themselves with present law for people who are not technically citizens.
Just in case ‘amnesty’ applies to certain populations in time for them to be registered to vote this November somehow, to be later denied through a SCOTUS case or something.
A future ‘deeming’ of some kind coming in the middle of the night again perhaps?
hey....! What do you have against Oxy’s? /s
It's not. In the US case it only applies to persons from American Somao. (Of which there is a large community here in Killeen Texas, because so many of them choose to join the US Army).
But for other nations, there may be a significant number of people who are nationals but not citizens. Citizenship means that one is a full participant in the national life, nationals are represented abroad by US diplomats, but do not have the full rights of citizenship.
American Samoa. (Plus some little island in the Pacific were no one currently lives full time.)
No; a U.S. citizen is born in an area that Congress has incorporated into American territory - that is, declared the Constitution applies. A U.S. national is born in an area that is owned by the US but does not have the Constitution apply. There’s only one peopled territory where this applies; American Samoa.
Thanks! I had completely ignored those aspects of citizenship.
If you go back to the time of the founding of this country, this seems to be what they referred to as denizens instead of citizens, and Obama would neatly fit in that category as the son of a foreign national ... if indeed he was born in the United States. In contemporary terms, he might be a national but not a citizen and certainly not a natural born citizen.
Anything outside of Washington DC- any state is considered non US territory as the states were formed before the united states came into existence- that is Washington DC. The states each individually as sovereign states came under the constitution. Each composed together forms the United States under the jurisdiction of Washington DC. We have been deceived to believe otherwise. Someone mentioned Native Americans being considered non-citizens... Any human being born in the Americas outside of Washington DC is a non-citizen national or can address themselves as one- both individually and legally. Most people in the Americas at least 4-5 generations have some indian blood so the bloodline is irrelevant. If tribes want to disassociate themselves with the US Gov then they would need to stop taking money or funding from the Federal Gov.or doing slimy deals with them- this includes Indian Health Services and Veteran Services as well as dumping agreements such as lead and nuclear wastes on tribal lands. Many Indians are pro US gov, pro-military and 80% or more are Christian or Catholic (My Indian grandfather fought in the Pacific and in Vietnam and was a Christian or supposedly one). Also many of us are crossed 2-3-4-5 tribes if ancestry comes from the East Coast, so being first nation has nothing to do with it nor does it give privilege or greater knowledge- it is about your awareness of the truth and how you wish to address it or not. Ignorance is bliss for many. Cheers!
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