Posted on 06/03/2024 10:22:40 AM PDT by Angelino97
Celebrities with dual citizenship include Emily Blunt with the U.K., Natalie Portman with Israel, Jim Carrey with Canada, and Nicole Kidman with Australia.
In Congress, a representative must be a U.S. citizen for the prior seven years, while a senator must be a citizen for the past nine.
However, the U.S. allows a citizen to obtain dual citizenship with another nation. Indeed, some prominent Congress members are (or have been) dual citizens...
The exact number of U.S. dual citizens is unknown, because the government does not officially track it.
The Dual Loyalty Disclosure Act would mandate that political candidates for federal office publicly reveal, in required forms, if they are a citizen of an additional nation besides the U.S...
The bill was introduced in the House on February 9 as H.R. 946, by Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT2).
Supporters argue that members of Congress should avoid conflicts of interest, that they are elected to advocate for America… and only for America...
Opponents counter that the bill is xenophobia disguised as a transparency measure. They would counter that being a dual citizen still means one is indeed a U.S. citizen, so it’s not as though a non-citizen could get elected to Congress...
In addition to its Republican lead sponsor, the bill has attracted five cosponsors, all Republicans. It awaits a potential vote in the House Administration Committee.
Odds of passage are low in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
(Excerpt) Read more at govtrack.us ...
Foreign citizenship is tricky, because Americans may or may not be able to control or even know whether another country considers them to be citizens. Many countries, like Mexico for example, do not permit their citizens to renounce their citizenship under any circumstances. So asserting dual loyalty may be a stretch.
Great post. Thanks. Lots od dual citizens in the Biden administration.
too late to have prevented Obammy, ALAS
locking the barn door after the cow’s gotten away
It would be worth knowing.
The American people deserve to know.
The bill would require disclosure ... it’s up to the voters what to do about it. Transparency on the part of our public SERVANTS is a good thing. We need to know what these creatures are really made of.
This was a big issue in Australia a few years back. They do ban dual citizens from being in congress, but it wasn’t rigorously enforced for a long time.
A few people started digging into the right wing leaders, and found that a bunch of them had foreign citizenships and got them kicked out of congress, even though most of them had no idea they were legally citizens of another country.
It’ll NEVER PASS as it would also require disclosing Ukrainian ties. Come to think of it, there are 195 countries in the world, perhaps only apply it to 194 countries (with Ukraine being the exception). Perhaps that would be something that the Zeepers could support?
More details available via links at:
Kamala Harris Ineligible Website (downloadable PDF available via link)
Twitter Site (twitter login required to view)
What I would give to do the Dual Loyalty thing with Emily Blunt.
A man cannot serve two masters...
Harris’ website erased the family history info that made it clear she isn’t a natural born citizen (and thus, she is ineligible for either the Pres or Veep jobs).
so her being a triple-nation citizen would not be an issue if we only had our US Constitution/ Bill of Rights... back.
Maybe someday...
The issue of the ineligibility of Kamala Harris is highly relevant to the upcoming election as well as to the fraud that occurred in 2020.
Relevant in a sane country. But no one of prominence seems to be talking about it.
IMHO, dual citizenship means dual loyalty. It should be outlawed - period!
I would support a law that says that no person elected to Federal office (President/VP/House/Senate can have a second citizenship.
Some countries do...but many of the world’s more advanced countries don’t.
If it was never a serious issue in 2020, what makes you think people will care in 2024?
Israeli Basic Law prohibits MKs from serving unless their foreign citizenship has been revoked under the laws of that country. Usually every election has a winner who has to renounce.
Presumably there is a procedure for non-coperative foreign governments. This must have happened before.
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