What do you think about the Dual Citizenship for Mexicans and Americans or Mexican-Americans ?

Question

If you are not American, Mexican or mexican American but you are Latino, tell me how do you percieve this privilege for the named above?

Answer 1

Privilege? It's a matter of the law as declared by the US Supreme Court and the Mexican Parliament.

Years ago it wasn't in most cases allowed under US law. If the US doesn't like it, a constitutional amendment is appropriate.

How about American-Canadians? How about First Canadians (i.e., native peoples) who have the right to live and work in the USA under the 1794 Jay Treaty? How about the citizens of Belau and Micronesia who have similar treaty rights? How about people from American Samoa and Swains Island who are noncitizen nationals fo the USA. How about Puerto Ricans who are exempt from US estate tax?

How about Greeks, Iranians, Latin Americans generally, Brits, Irish and all the others with dual nationality? How about the girl I know with 4 nationalities who's scarcely ever been to the USA, wasn't born there, and is American by accident. And how about her and all the others who are forced to pay US taxes even though they will never llive in the USA and never get ANY benefits from the USA?

Where do you stop with all this heavy thinking? Or is it just Mexicans you don't like?

Last year a young woman stopped by my house to turn over the keys to one of our apartments. The Salvadoran student had left in a hurry to see after her dying mother. She spoke English with a slight accent; inquiry revealed that her father is the mayor of a Mexican border town and that she was born in the neighboring US city and went to university in the USA and in England.

What do you have against rich people like that?

Answer 2

I am just wondering about the whole issue of Dual Citizenship. When you apply for American Citizenship then you have to take an oath, an oath of allegiance to the USA. And you have to abandon at the same time all other allegiance to other countries. So - as I understand that - dual citizenships are not possible for US citizens - by choice. Only if you are somehow born with a dual citizenship. But the oath makes it impossible.

And there is some reasoning behind it. You can not be loyal to one nation and have the same loyalty to the other nation. What about if both nations want you in the army - because they fight against each other?
Or - simply - you go to elections and vote in either country - for candidates which go after each others countries.

So - no. Does not make sense.

I think something like a "global citizenship" would make sense. But this is a couple hundred years away.....

Answer 3

your just rying to get out of buying a pastport to go to the states aren't you? only way u can have dual citizenship is if oone of your parents is mexcican and the other american and u were born in america period

Answer 4

I think you should kind of have to declare your citizenship in ONE PLACE, I mean if I own houses in 30 of the states of america am I a citizen of each state? I mean I think you just declare one of the states as your home and the rest as "vacation" homes....

I hope in the future for FREE TRAVEL. as nations wake up and change

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Answer 5

It can get messy, There might be a time here and there will it will need to be awarded, but lets not get to quick to go handing out dule-citizenship. I think it can lead to big headache if we do.

Answer 6

It is great! because it encourage people to become legal and to take advantage of the free trade agreements between both countries

Answer 7

Meh

Answer 8

No dual citizenship of ANY kind.

Answer 9

i think its fine. theres nothin wrong wit having a dual citizenship, at least the person's legal

Answer 10

It is a good policy Democrats must endorse it more.