Dick Thornburgh. is wellknown as a former twoterm Governor of my home state of Pennsylvania and as our former U.S. Attorney General. I join Governor Thornburgh in praising Federal District Court Judge Stanley Sporkin and the State Department for their proper applications of federal immigration laws. In an opinion and order filed April 23. 1998. Federal District Court Judge Stanley Sporkin upheld the policy adopted by the U.S. Department of State on the question of whether persons with U.S. nationality and citizenship based on birth in Puerto Rico can renounce that status and remain in Puerto Rico without a visa. In a ruling that was legally and morally correct. the Court said "no" to the absurd proposition that a person who becomes an alien under federal immigration and nationality law applicable in Puerto Rico in order to become an alien does not have to comply with federal law requiring aliens to get a visa to remain in the United States. The right of U.S. citizenship and all the benefits it provides should not be the subject of mockery. American citizenship refers to more than just status.
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