More Foreign-Born Americans Need Less Citizenship, Says Trump
When the Trump administration signals its intent to 'strip more foreign-born Americans of citizenship,' as the New York Times dutifully reports, it's not just an immigration policy; it's a blueprint for revoking rights. This isn't groundbreaking policy, it's recycled nativism. We've seen this play before: the 1920s immigration quotas targeting Southern and Eastern Europeans, the Japanese American
internment during WWII. Each time, 'national security' or 'public interest' draped over the chilling reality of a government determining which citizens are truly 'loyal' enough to keep their rights. It’s always about fear, never about facts. One might wonder at the timing, given the current geopolitical climate and the convenient narrative this creates for those who prefer monolithic 'American'
support for certain foreign policies. It certainly makes dissenting from 'unbreakable bonds' with international partners much harder when your very citizenship can be questioned. Who needs a loyalty test when you can just revoke the license? The 'due process' they speak of often translates into a Kafkaesque labyrinth for those deemed 'undesirable.' American democracy: where your birth certificate
is secure, but your naturalization certificate is a provisional rental agreement.