The Washington Times
By Bruce Fein
Undivided loyalty strengthens. Dual citizenship weakens. The U.S. Supreme Court circumscribed the nation's ability to defend itself against dual citizenship featuring loyalties to foreign masters in Afroyim v. Rusk (1967) by holding U.S. citizenship could be lost only by "voluntary renunciation." Rep. Sam Graves, Missouri Republican, plans to propose an amendment to an immigration bill next Thursday to blunt the folly of Afroyim by criminally punishing acts that signal disloyalty to the United States, for example, serving in a foreign army or as an official in a foreign state. It should command universal support.
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Mexico's success in wooing Americans of Mexican ancestry into its orbit is epitomized by Manuel de la Cruz, a naturalized citizen from Los Angeles who emigrated 34 years ago. On July 4, 2004, Mr. de la Cruz was elected to the legislature of the Mexican state of Zacatecas, where he took an oath of allegiance to the Mexican Republic despite his previous Oath of Renunciation and Allegiance to obtain U.S. citizenship.
Posted by Richard at December 13, 2005