the superintendent of immigration within the treasury department has the power to make naturalization laws for the united states.
the superintendent of immigration within the treasury department has the power to make naturalization laws for the united states.
who has the power to make naturalization laws for the united states?
the superintendent of immigration within the treasury department
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the hmong veterans' naturalization act of 2000 aimed to make naturalization an easier process for the hmong-american veteran refugees (official legal aliens living, and legally residing, in the united states who were political refugees), who served in laos in support u.s. forces during the vietnam war, to become honorary, fully naturalized, u.s. citizens. the key members of congress, organizations and people backing and fighting for the introduction and passage of the bill had at least three similar goals or purposes, which included:
hmong veterans' naturalization act of 2000
conversely, the mid-atlantic and southern colonies quickly adopted more permissive naturalization policies. in virginia, early naturalization laws included a preamble that extolled the advantage of inviting other persons to reside in the colony. south carolina attracted alien applicants through naturalization laws that granted them the rights of natural-born englishmen while prohibiting the collection of monies for debts contracted prior to the applicant coming to the colony. though the creditor class derided the policy, it made south carolina a refuge for persons who had suffered under austere english debtor laws. new york in 1730 adopted a more accommodating naturalization process as the number of foreign protestants within its borders reached a point of political importance and the colony sought to fulfill its ambitions of westward expansion. pennsylvania in 1742 provided its own general law for naturalization that gave full rights to aliens who had resided in the colony for less than the seven years required in the 1740 parliamentary act. parliament later invalidated pennsylvania's general naturalization law, after which the state, motivated by similar expansionary aims as new york, turned to extensive use of private acts to accomplish its naturalizations. further, new york and pennsylvania both exempted persons with conscientious scruples against oaths, which included quakers, from the requirement to swear allegiance during naturalization, a colonial innovation that would later influence parliament's general naturalization law.
nationality law in the american colonies