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Benedict Arnold

Did you know that the US legally revoked the citizenship of American women who married foreigners?

Well that's exactly what happened in 1907.

"The Expatriation Act, or "An Act in Reference to the Expatriation of Citizens and Their Protection Abroad, 1907," approved by Congress on Mar. 2, 1907, declared that any American woman who marries a foreigner shall take the nationality of her husband," and will not be a US citizen but may resume her US citizenship if the marriage is terminated.

In 1922 Congress repealed most of the part of the Expatriation Act that expatriated women. Women who married immigrants not eligible for citizenship, mainly Chinese and Japanese men, forfeited their citizenship until the Magnuson Immigration Act of 1943 repealed the exclusion laws.

 

Posted - August 23, 2016
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  • 17596

    Yes I did.

      August 23, 2016 12:20 PM MDT
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  • 1264

    The same law that was passed just months ago which states that no American citizen can remain an American citizen if they marry a goat, unless the goat was born on US. soil..

      August 23, 2016 8:17 PM MDT
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  • 676

    Horrible.

    Not surprising in a country who supported the "Separated but equal" theory .

      August 23, 2016 9:03 PM MDT
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  • That's true. Many illegal goats and their spouses are in hiding. 

      August 24, 2016 8:13 AM MDT
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  •   August 24, 2016 8:14 AM MDT
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  • Maybe that's what is meant by, "Make America great, again"

      August 24, 2016 8:14 AM MDT
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  • 1326
    I know of a case involving a couple, he was an Irish American citizen, she was a Chinese American both born in this country. when they married  (though they resided in california) they had to marry in arizona, because it was illegal to marry interracially in California. This was back in the late 50s. I personally know this couple. This post was edited by Autumnleaves at November 18, 2016 11:10 PM MST
      November 18, 2016 11:05 PM MST
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  • 46117
    Uh ..... SO? 

    Do you know that we imported slaves here shortly before that one?  I am not trying to dismiss what you are saying, I am just saying that compared to what we are capable of?  This does not surprise me.  Especially in the dark ages.  You know that time period we are again rushing towards?  

    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at November 18, 2016 11:09 PM MST
      November 18, 2016 11:06 PM MST
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  • 7126
    That's the kind of stuff Trump means when he talks about making America great again. He's already hard at work on Muslim registries and deportation camps for illegals. Turns out you can't get 2 million people on a couple of Amtraks and a Greyhound bus. Who knew?
      November 18, 2016 11:36 PM MST
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