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- Benner. Kate. “Justice Dept. Establishes Office to Denaturalize Immigrants.” The New York Times. Feb. 26,2020
- “Thinking of Becoming a U.S. Citizen?” USCIS, 10 Sept. 2009, http://www.uscis.gov/us-citizenship.
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For starters, this is an excellent blog post. I think you used diverse sources well and introduced some elements of Naturalization that I would have never known. In particular, when you mentioned some immigrants were denied citizenship based on their political profile, whether or not they’d vote democrat in upcoming elections, is fascinating. Most people associate stronger immigration laws with the Republican party and more amnesty with the Democrats, but even when pathways are opened to citizenship, politics in general creep into the decision-making process. As a general question, do you think the government should have the right to remove illegal immigrants from the country? Criminals and drug lords coming from over the border? Is there a line between removing criminals and normal citizens? Taking all these into consideration, I’d be especially interested to know what you think border policies should be, and more general, immigration policy so that the government can’t deny immigrants based on moral, religious, or even political differences. Well done, I’ll be sure to read more on this topic!
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Overall, this blog post was very interesting in demonstrating the history of the naturalization process in the United States. Because so much has changed over the history of the United States, it is interesting to read about the broadening of who could become a U.S. citizen. With so many people being immigrants, including all of my family and relatives, it is interesting to think about at which point in U.S. history my parents would not have been qualified to gain U.S. citizenship. Regarding your last remark on who could gain or lose citizenship, what is your take to this and what would you do differently than what the U.S. currently does? Such thinking would enable change in the current neutralization process because it should be American’s deciding what is the criteria of becoming a citizen.
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It is a good post and the information in this post is new for me. There are a lot of resources you use in this post which can make your blog more credible. By reading your post, I know the history of naturalization, the change of immigration policy and the injustice of immigration policy. Also, you point out some questions about naturalization and give your own opinion. I would like to read more about your topic.
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Coming from a background of immigrants this blog is very significant to me as I can definitely relate to it on a personal level. Explaining what naturalization is to those who are not aware is super important in my opinion. A lot of Americans do not realize that immigrants face a lot of hardships when the majority of them truly mean no harm. A lot of people are also not very well educated on this topic and do not know how difficult it is for an immigrant to get citizenship. A thought that comes to mind is where you stand as an individual in relation to this topic. From reading you seem very informed and well educated on this topic it is noticeable that you are passionate about what you are writing about.
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It is clear that you spent a large amount of time researching the topic. The amount of effort you put into both researching and incorporating images and knowledge into the blog post is nothing short of outstanding. I also think you did a great job of incorporating facts and knowledge and then using those to create your argument is extremely persuasive. The topic as a whole is very interesting. I had no clue that the system was so “rigged” in the sense that the political party in power had such a large say in the naturalization process. Overall a really refreshing post.
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