It seems we have lost our way. Our constitution has always been a work in progress. Since we a nation of immigrants we provided a method of recruiting new people to the country.
To become a U.S. citizen, you must meet certain eligibility requirements12345.
These include:
· Being at least 18 years old when you apply12345.
· Being a permanent resident (have a Green Card) for at least 3-5 years145.
· Demonstrating continuous residence in the United States for at least 5 years immediately before the date you file Form N-4001.
· Being able to read, write, and speak basic English (depending on age)2.
· Establishing residency in the state or U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) district where you intend to apply.
· Having “good moral character”
These requirements basically are but not limited to what is written above. At the time of becoming a citizen immigrants have to take an oath of allegiance which leaves nothing to the imagination. It is clear to me and everyone else I have talked to about this that we welcome people from other countries that want to conform to our way to life.
I see nothing wrong in protesting peacefully. To some degree protesting has benefited most of the people needed help in some way or other. Some benefited economically, some gained the right to vote, and some just recognition for things that mattered to them.
To have these rights one must be a citizen of the United States. When persons come in to the United States legally that come with a Green Card status. For a period of time that have time to acquaint themselves with our laws and customs. Otherwise the prospective immigrant will try to make this country the way he wanted to change his birth country.
We have laws that keep changing about new immigrants, but that can be fixed with cooperation between the parties. That is not the concern. The concern gets to be how the immigrants behave once they are here. When I see immigrants or children of immigrants acting like residents of another country waving their former country’s flags, I get dismayed.
When the Parisians wave the Palestinian flag ignoring what they have done it is unamerican.
You have chosen to live in a Christian nation speaking American English. Live with it.
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