Conclusion - I was researching and finally found the missing link reviewing more debates at that time. One of the Senators Mr. Cowan considered somebody earning citizenship only through birth as lower tiered to naturalization. No political power.
We got a lower tiered citizenship that open the door for states to disenfranchise black voters. It provided national citizenship for protection from state laws but left it up to the states on who could vote. When they denied voting based on race, they could have used our lower tiered citizenship as justification.
The concept of us being considered equal to whites was so foreign to Whites with citizenship (North and Southerners). For 100 years there was a whites only naturalization policy
Congress could have naturalized us at the stroke of a pen making slaves equal to white immigrants with citizenship. Instead it deemed us as just being 'born' in the U.S. then gave us a lower tiered citizenship where you could be expelled.
Here is some detail from the author of the amendment to the constitution and his speeches, explaining the reason. I also refer to immigration laws and treaties to get a sense of their intent when drafting this amendment to the constitution. The purpose of this amendments was to prevent another Civil War by empowering the federal government. Many White people supported the Union in the south, but were living under a dictatorial regime, their state citizenship could be stripped, property seized or even worse.
The 14th amendment does not look like it was about giving us freedom or birth right citizenship. It is unclear if we even have citizenship.
Democrats - You get full birthright citizenship jus soli - "right of the soil." for everybody.
Republicans - Birthright citizenship jus soli - "right of the soil." for children of slaves
@COINTELPRO - No birthright citizenship was given to us Jus sanguinis - "right of the blood." for Whites. We were protected by these new constitutional amendments as a person, but not as a citizen. Immigration was largely controlled by the states.
Legal scholars, academic institutions, federal judges all seem to be involved in this scam to hide the fact that after slavery, we were going to be pushed out to colonize Africa. As a soon to be immigrant, I would want to know the true nature of a law to protect myself. Many people are getting upset, because they became citizens this way or they're involved in this deception/propaganda.
socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu
The first naturalization act, passed by Congress on March 26, 1790 (1 Stat. 103), provided that any free, white, adult alien, male or female, who had resided within the limits and jurisdiction of the United States for a period of 2 years was eligible for citizenship. Under the act, any individual who desired to become a citizen was to apply to “any common law court of record, in any one of the states wherein he shall have resided for the term of one year at least.” Citizenship was granted to those who proved to the court’s satisfaction that they were of good moral character and who took an oath of allegiance to the Constitution. Under the system established by the act, aliens could be naturalized not only in Federal courts, but also in State and local courts, and the children of successful applicants, if under 21 years of age, automatically became citizens.
The act of 1802 was the last major piece of naturalization legislation during the 19th century. A number of minor revisions were introduced, but these merely altered or clarified details of evidence and certification without changing the basic nature of the admission procedure. The most important of these revisions occurred in 1855, when citizenship was automatically granted to alien wives of U.S. citizens (10 Stat. 604), and in 1870, when the naturalization process was opened to persons of African descent (16 Stat. 256).
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
We got a lower tiered citizenship that open the door for states to disenfranchise black voters. It provided national citizenship for protection from state laws but left it up to the states on who could vote. When they denied voting based on race, they could have used our lower tiered citizenship as justification.
The concept of us being considered equal to whites was so foreign to Whites with citizenship (North and Southerners). For 100 years there was a whites only naturalization policy
Congress could have naturalized us at the stroke of a pen making slaves equal to white immigrants with citizenship. Instead it deemed us as just being 'born' in the U.S. then gave us a lower tiered citizenship where you could be expelled.
Here is some detail from the author of the amendment to the constitution and his speeches, explaining the reason. I also refer to immigration laws and treaties to get a sense of their intent when drafting this amendment to the constitution. The purpose of this amendments was to prevent another Civil War by empowering the federal government. Many White people supported the Union in the south, but were living under a dictatorial regime, their state citizenship could be stripped, property seized or even worse.
The 14th amendment does not look like it was about giving us freedom or birth right citizenship. It is unclear if we even have citizenship.
Democrats - You get full birthright citizenship jus soli - "right of the soil." for everybody.
Republicans - Birthright citizenship jus soli - "right of the soil." for children of slaves
@COINTELPRO - No birthright citizenship was given to us Jus sanguinis - "right of the blood." for Whites. We were protected by these new constitutional amendments as a person, but not as a citizen. Immigration was largely controlled by the states.
Legal scholars, academic institutions, federal judges all seem to be involved in this scam to hide the fact that after slavery, we were going to be pushed out to colonize Africa. As a soon to be immigrant, I would want to know the true nature of a law to protect myself. Many people are getting upset, because they became citizens this way or they're involved in this deception/propaganda.
Naturalization Process in U.S.: Early History
Written by Eilleen Bolger. The first naturalization act, passed by Congress on March 26, 1790, provided that any free, white, adult alien, male or female, who had resided within the limits and juri…
socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu
The first naturalization act, passed by Congress on March 26, 1790 (1 Stat. 103), provided that any free, white, adult alien, male or female, who had resided within the limits and jurisdiction of the United States for a period of 2 years was eligible for citizenship. Under the act, any individual who desired to become a citizen was to apply to “any common law court of record, in any one of the states wherein he shall have resided for the term of one year at least.” Citizenship was granted to those who proved to the court’s satisfaction that they were of good moral character and who took an oath of allegiance to the Constitution. Under the system established by the act, aliens could be naturalized not only in Federal courts, but also in State and local courts, and the children of successful applicants, if under 21 years of age, automatically became citizens.
The act of 1802 was the last major piece of naturalization legislation during the 19th century. A number of minor revisions were introduced, but these merely altered or clarified details of evidence and certification without changing the basic nature of the admission procedure. The most important of these revisions occurred in 1855, when citizenship was automatically granted to alien wives of U.S. citizens (10 Stat. 604), and in 1870, when the naturalization process was opened to persons of African descent (16 Stat. 256).
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
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