I am afraid such a concept creates a double standard of citizenship in America. It would appear to me that the citizenship status of these people at the time they suffered their losses--as long as they were fighting for our causeis not important if they are American citizens now. We have very strict immigration laws. and properly so. But I am under the impression that once a person becomes a citizen of the United States. whether by natural birth or by naturalization. he is a fullstatus American. I keep hearing references in this debate to "our citizens." But are not those Americans who have became citizens through naturalization also "our citizens"? They are all Americans. sworn to preserve and uphold the Constitution. This Nation was built by immigrants who came here from all over the world in search of freedom and dignity. going all the way back to the Mayflower or the Jamestown Colony. I will be happy to yield to anyone who wants to answer this. because I am under the impression we are all Americans once we become accepted by this country as citizens.
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