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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence
On 19 April 1775 the colonists went to war against King George. That war lasted until 3 September 1783 The United States
Congress of the Confederation ratified the
Treaty of Paris on 14 January 1784. The War of Independence was fought to establish
Liberty for all men. There were no citizens of the United States nor would they be contemplated for several more years.
The new government was set to begin in 1789; the Bill of Rights was adopted on 15 December 1791. On 26 March 1790 Congress passed the first naturalization law establishing the qualifications for citizenship. The law reads as follows:
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That any Alien being a free white person, who shall have resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States for the term of two years, may be admitted to become a citizen thereof"
This was the first law to define eligibility for citizenship by naturalization and establish standards and procedures by which immigrants became US citizens. In this early version, Congress limited this important right to “free white persons.”
immigrationhistory.org
That law fulfilled the only duty the federal government has in relation to foreigners by way of the Constitution (Article I Section 8) The
Liberty of all people was regulated by the states. Citizenship was governed by federal law.
Congress had
no constitutional jurisdiction over Liberty nor who a state let come and go within its borders. This changed after all the founders and framers of the Constitution were dead and buried. It came in the form of a United States Supreme Court decision in 1875 (Chy Lung v. Freeman) gave Congress
plenary powers over all aspect of foreigners. The big problem here is that the United States Constitution has
no provision for allowing the United States Supreme Court to grant to any other branch of government any powers. It is at this point that those who think one must be a citizen in order to have Rights becomes convoluted.
The privileges of citizenship: the privilege of voting, holding public office, receiving welfare, etc. are NOT
unalienable Rights. We use the term "
rights" and it can mean a grant or permission from government. But,
unalienable Rights are God given, inherent, natural, absolute, irrevocable Rights that the government neither grants or creates. Therefore, like it or not, if you claim to be any kind of nationalist, you have to accept that premise or be a poseur. No man can serve two masters.
Ah, but what about those "
open borders" and foreigners taking over? That is a result of the illegally ratified 14th Amendment. The 14th Amendment did NOT make blacks and whites equal. The 14th Amendment nullified the Bill of Rights. So, now the
government claims to be the grantor of your rights. It's a difficult concept to wrap your head around, but if you rescind the 14th Amendment, only whites can be citizens (check out the Dred Scott v. Sanford ruling by the United States Supreme Court) Now, that is real constitutionalist thinking. IF you accept the 14th Amendment, it guarantees the
equal protection of the laws, to ALL PERSONS so there is no such thing as an "
illegal alien." The 14th Amendment guarantees to
every person the equal protection of the laws. So, you cannot criminalize Liberty and you cannot deny to any foreigner here the equal protection of the laws. If the
state government chooses to accept foreigners and you don't like it, you can boycott that state, lobby the feds not to give those states any federal money that would benefit non-citizen foreigners, but so long as the 14th Amendment exists, that
legal v. illegal argument is irrelevant - unless you don't give a damn about your own Rights. If you understood what is at stake and had to choose between one or the other, what would you really be? That crap that we are only going to dole out rights to "
legal citizens" is a bastardized form of government that jeopardizes YOUR Rights (if you believe you should have the Rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights)
OR you ultimately turn America over to the third world (as is being done) if you support the 14th Amendment.