As a class, immigrants in Denmark are spoken of as a “threat”, an inconvenience to be dealt with. Such an us-versus-them approach is corrosive to a country’s sense of citizenship https://t.co/F2oyKEdiA1 ...

Vice President J. D. Vance is saying the quiet part out loud, advocating for rethinking what it means to be an American.Now, over the holiday weekend, Vance addressed a friendly audience at the Claremont Institute, a right-wing conservative think tank that has called for the end of birthright citizenship. Now, Vance seemed to call for a vision of citizenship where people whose ancestors have been here longer have more of a claim to be American. Take a listen.I think the people whose ancestors fought in the ...

American Identity & Values - The discussion centers on whether American identity should be based on heritage or values [2] - The core question is whether to redefine American identity based on heritage [2] - The founding fathers rejected the idea of "blood and soil" nationalism, emphasizing equality and values [4] - The Declaration of Independence's principle of equality is a political thesis, not just a slogan [4] Inclusion & Exclusion - Defining American identity solely by agreeing with the Declaration of Independence is both overinclusive and underinclusive [3] - A heritage-based definition of American identity could exclude Mexican-Americans who fought in the US Civil War [2] - A values-based definition could include billions of foreign citizens who agree with the principles of the Declaration of Independence [3] Political Commentary - JD Vance's views are characterized as racist and xenophobic policies [1] - JD Vance's perspective is seen as the opposite of identifying America with the principles of the Declaration of Independence [3] - The speaker asserts that individuals like Alicia and Michael are just as American as JD Vance [5]

RT Bloomberg Opinion (@opinion)No, the US government can't just take away your citizenship@Harvard_Law professor @NoahRFeldman explains why 📽️ https://t.co/BzLcUBmtBl ...

Trump's Justice Department has made stripping citizenship from some naturalized citizens a priority. The legal reality is that once you’ve obtained citizenship, you have a constitutional right to keep it, @NoahRFeldman says (via @opinion) https://t.co/Sb2MuBd9zz ...

Creeping autocracy doesn't just roll onto Main Street with tanks. Though under President Donald Trump, one might argue we're closer to that sort of thing than we'd like to admit. More often, autocracy starts with a list, a government list, then more lists, then bigger lists, and the names on those lists begin to face the full force of the state with blatant disregard for the rule of law and for basic constitutional rights.If you followed our coverage, you know the warning. Autocrats don't go after the avera ...

As we prepare to celebrate our country's 249th birthday, we are getting new insight into what Americans think about where the country stands. A new NPR PBS News mayor's poll found 34 of Americans feel that democracy is under serious threat and see politically motivated violence as a major problem. So, who better to talk about this moment in time than presidential historian John Meechum.He wrote a new introduction to Random Houses's volume of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. So, John, um ...

The Justice Department is aggressively moving to strip some Americans of their citizenship. NPR reports department leadership is directing its attorneys to pursue dennaturalization in cases involving naturalized citizens who commit certain crimes and giving US attorneys wider discretion on when to carry out that move. It's according to a June 11th memo published online.And NPR points out the tactic is aimed at US citizens who were not born in the country. According to 2023 figures, nearly 25 million immigra ...

A new report, meanwhile, reveals the Justice Department is aggressively moving to strip some Americans of their citizenship. NPR reports department leadership is directing its attorneys to pursue denaturalization in cases involving naturalized citizens who commit certain crimes and giving US attorneys wider discretion on when to carry out that move. It's according to a June 11th memo published online.And NPR points out the tactic is aimed at US citizens who were not born in the country. According to 2023 fi ...