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The European immigrants likely had dual citizenship, so why not the Native Americans? It was extremely unfair and served no purpose. And regarding your point u
by steve19 7y ago
The European immigrants likely had dual citizenship, so why not the Native Americans? It was extremely unfair and served no purpose.
And regarding your point under two laws. Any American citizen living overseas has to follow both US law and local law. Its not difficult. You don't even need dual citizenship to be in this situation.
If the constitution said nobody could have dual citizenship, like Japan as one of many examples, then that would be something else altogether.
- learc83 7y ago>It was extremely unfair and served no purpose. It definitely served a purpose--to attempt to wipe out tribal identity and force assimilation. That being said, dual citizenship was outright banned during most of the 19th and 20th centuries. To this day naturalized citizens symbolically renounce their former citizenships. "I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen"