The Death of American Citizenship
Real Clear Politics,
by
Victor Davis Hanson
Original Article
Posted By: M2,
9/26/2019 5:43:07 AM
Yet the concept of citizenship is being assaulted on the premodern side by the legal blending of mere residency with citizenship.
Estimates of the number of undocumented American residents range from 11 million to more than 20 million. The undocumented are becoming legally indistinguishable from citizens and enjoy exemption from federal immigration law in some 500 sanctuary jurisdictions. An illegal resident of California will pay substantially less tuition at a California public university than a U.S. citizen of another state.
Multiculturalism has reduced the idea of e pluribus unum to a regressive tribalism. Americans often seem to owe their first allegiance to those who look like they do
Reply 1 - Posted by:
little guy 9/26/2019 8:16:39 AM (No. 189882)
Never mind "global warming"! This is the real crisis that will destroy America in 15 years unless we rally and stop it!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
mizzmac 9/26/2019 8:17:31 AM (No. 189883)
The truth of this is frightening.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Franz 9/26/2019 9:31:45 AM (No. 189951)
The Democrats have gone out of their way to have illegal aliens voting in our elections and counted as citizens in the census. The Democrats claim this is necessary because our immigration regulations are irrational. Ironically, the Democrats were in large part responsible for creating these regulations and are the ones blocking all efforts to revise our immigration regulations to make them more rational. All these actions are to create a dependent voting block for Democrats.
Their quest to get total control will destroy the nation they want to control.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
halfnorsk 9/26/2019 11:03:08 AM (No. 190046)
A close acquaintance in MN, an ESL teacher, has had many children of illegals in his classroom. After The One was elected, one such child announced, “My mama voted for Obama.” The battle is not going well.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
The Remnants 9/26/2019 11:21:33 AM (No. 190071)
Picked up this really worthwhile leaflet (9"x 3-1/2") entitled, "My Six Reasons Why America Is Worth Saving" by Tim Wildmon, President of the American Family Association. The six bullet points in his article are:
1) Restoring our nation to its original ideals honors those who gave everything. (he quotes a portion of Gettysburg Address)
2) America's laws are outworkings of Scriptural concepts.
3) The U.S. is the most generous and merciful nation ever.
4) Peaceful change is always possible because it is built into our system.
5) Americans are free to pursue their economic dreams.
6) Freedom of religion is the first right protected in the First Amendment.
Of course, each of the six points are expanded in paragraph below the titles. It is published by American Family Association, Box 2440, Tupelo, MS 38803 (AFA.NET). I called the organization and asked if it was o.k. for me to print the titles and their address and they said "fine". So, perhaps, if anyone wanted to get more copies of this small printout, they could call the organization and ask for them, and they could be placed in our public places or places of worship just to remind ourselves of what we have and don't want to lose for the next generations.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Mushroom 9/26/2019 11:27:18 AM (No. 190077)
Robert A. Heinlein had a pretty good outlook on the concept and value of Citizenship.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
lana720 9/26/2019 11:38:05 AM (No. 190099)
States Attorneys Generals absolutely MUST ensure the veracity of our elections.
We have unions who bus people to other states, a political party who does the same, poll workers who run non-voted ballots through machines and vote a straight party line, ballots “found” in a corner or in someone’s car trunk, provisional ballots that many times “swing” a precinct, a county, a state in the direction not voted by verified citizens of our country.
This is such a critical time to monitor and enforce exactly who can vote. Non-citizens simply have no rights in this regard!!!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
NotaBene 9/26/2019 11:42:44 AM (No. 190103)
UCLA proudly proclaims it is the college with the highest number of Dreamers. They all get free scholarships while Americans pay for their children.
Here’s to the courts terminating the Dreamer Amnesty.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
4Justice 9/26/2019 3:59:14 PM (No. 190310)
Like #7 mentioned, election and voter fraud are rampant. The leftist Democrats also are side-stepping laws and procedures to walk people through the voting process and changing rules to ensure they can create and maintain a monopoly on power in states like California and spreading these tactics to other states.
Why do we not stop them? Why do we allow this to continue? Are we all helpless babies? They are just people (albeit corrupt ones), but we are people too. When are we going to fight back against this infiltration and coup? When are we going to demand just and fair elections and put a stop to the manipulation?? The Democrats have illegally created a power monopoly in California and are working on other states as we speak. It isn't because all citizens in California are stupid leftists. It is because of fraud, manipulation, corruption, illegal immigration and big high tech monopolies in bed with the politicians. It is because of all the things VDH mentions in his article. It is because we allowed are children to be indoctrinated via schools, media and entertainment...And most of all, it is because We The People do NOTHING to stop it!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
caljeepgirl 9/29/2019 6:47:29 PM (No. 193196)
I've always thought it was inevitable over time; I just didn't expect it in my lifetime!!
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