While "conflict" often means the alien is from a country with whom we are at war, that is not necessarily the case.
For example, a Russian emigre could, in the present circumstance of the war in Ukraine, be counted as a possible "enemy alien". Likewise a person from mainland China. In neither case is the United States technically at war, …
While "conflict" often means the alien is from a country with whom we are at war, that is not necessarily the case.
For example, a Russian emigre could, in the present circumstance of the war in Ukraine, be counted as a possible "enemy alien". Likewise a person from mainland China. In neither case is the United States technically at war, but few would argue that a conflict exists between Russia and the United States, and between China and the United States.
However, the understanding of the term "enemy alien" is, I believe, already well established within international law and does not require further clarification. Where clarification should be made is that anyone being given a permanent resident status (i.e., a "green card") needs to affirmatively repudiate such governments and policies with which the United States takes issue. Ideally, acceptance of a permanent resident status should entail a declaration of allegiance to the United States not unlike the oath of citizenship. A person who cannot in good conscience take such an oath would not then be able to, in good conscience, take the oath of citizenship.
We do not need more "citizens" such as Ilhan Omar who regularly despises the country that has taken her into its embrace.
Ilhan is, unfortunately, my congresswoman. I supported her opponent in the primary, but because the Democratic Party machine in Minneapolis is as corrupt as that of Chicago, he did not win. It felt like a death blow to my city. I object to her on so many grounds that it would take a book to list them all. I sure hope that some aspect of Trump’s administration proves to be her political undoing!
While "conflict" often means the alien is from a country with whom we are at war, that is not necessarily the case.
For example, a Russian emigre could, in the present circumstance of the war in Ukraine, be counted as a possible "enemy alien". Likewise a person from mainland China. In neither case is the United States technically at war, but few would argue that a conflict exists between Russia and the United States, and between China and the United States.
However, the understanding of the term "enemy alien" is, I believe, already well established within international law and does not require further clarification. Where clarification should be made is that anyone being given a permanent resident status (i.e., a "green card") needs to affirmatively repudiate such governments and policies with which the United States takes issue. Ideally, acceptance of a permanent resident status should entail a declaration of allegiance to the United States not unlike the oath of citizenship. A person who cannot in good conscience take such an oath would not then be able to, in good conscience, take the oath of citizenship.
We do not need more "citizens" such as Ilhan Omar who regularly despises the country that has taken her into its embrace.
Ilhan is, unfortunately, my congresswoman. I supported her opponent in the primary, but because the Democratic Party machine in Minneapolis is as corrupt as that of Chicago, he did not win. It felt like a death blow to my city. I object to her on so many grounds that it would take a book to list them all. I sure hope that some aspect of Trump’s administration proves to be her political undoing!