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| Bills Introduced To Strip Americans Of Citizenship |
| 2012-01-13 |
| Congress is considering HR 3166 and S. 1698 also known as the Enemy Expatriation Act, sponsored by Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Charles Dent (R-PA). This bill would give the US government the power to strip Americans of their citizenship without being convicted of being “hostile” against the United States. In other words, you can be stripped of your nationality for “engaging in, or purposefully and materially supporting, hostilities against the United States.” Legally, the term “hostilities” means any conflict subject to the laws of war but considering the fact that the War on Terror is a little ambiguous and encompassing, any action could be labeled as supporting terrorism. The new law would change a part of US Code 1481. Compare 3166 to 1481 and the change is small. The new section makes no reference to being convicted as it does in section (7). So even though the language of the NDAA has been revised to exclude American citizens, the US government merely has to strip Americans of their citizenship and the NDAA will apply. And they will be able to do so without convicting the accused in a court of law. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #5 Yes, you can take the citizenship away from a native born American. And some of the legal circumstances for doing so are rather vague. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2012-01-13 23:16 |
| #4 Start with half of Congress, including the clowns who introduced this. You can't take citizenship away from a native-born citizen, although they can certainly renounce it themselves. You can strip it from a naturalized citizen, for cause, and they can be sent back to the country they came from. Where are you going to send an American citizen you decided to take citizenship from? If you're pissed off at the citizens who have joined Al-Q, put them Idiots. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2012-01-13 22:52 |
| #3 See also DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [Russia Today] US GOVT. COULD STRIP CITIZENSHIP FROM AMERICANS UNDER ENEMY EXPATRIATION [Act]. *** cough **** cough **** cough **** .... Ah yes, mighty plans by alleged Leaders + Cronies that cannot, + WON'T BE, "CONFIRMED OR DENIED" TO THE PEOPLE. YOU FIRST! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-01-13 21:05 |
| #2 I'm against this. Requiring a conviction in a court of law is a safeguard we should not dismiss. If they're concerned about an open federal court, have an administrative court followed by appellate review. That's done for other situations and it works. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2012-01-13 21:03 |
| #1 I know where I'd like to start. |
| Posted by: Dale 2012-01-13 20:23 |