Advantages Of Being A Naturalized Citizen

Article II, section 1, clause 5, of the U.S. Constitution declares that “No person except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of the President.” However, this prevents non-native Americans from becoming President. The term natural-born has never been defined, leading to much argument over what it means. Currently, naturalized citizens are not allowed to become president. A naturalized citizen is a citizen who was a citizen of a foreign country, but have become citizens and pledged allegiance to the United States. I believe that the Equal Opportunity to Govern Amendment should not be passed. A president elected that is only a naturalized – and not natural born – citizen could potentially have conflicted loyalties. A naturalized citizen from another country could be more loyal to their home country and be biased towards that country in political happenings. A naturalized citizen could also be used by a foreign
Constitution in 1789, 266 years ago. Passing the amendment would not be worth the long process needed to ratify it. The Framers added the natural-born citizen clause for a reason. They did not want any potential manipulation by foreign countries. Chief Justice John Jay wrote George Washington in 1787, saying the following:
“Permit me to hint, whether it would not be wise and seasonable to provide a strong check to the admission of Foreigners into the administration of our national Government, and to declare expressly that the Command in chief of the American army shall not be given to, nor devolve on, any but a natural born Citizen.”
John Jay’s letter shows his aversion to allowing a naturalized citizen be Commander in Chief of the entire U.S. Army. This is a good reason to add the natural-born citizen clause; the President could manipulate wars to favor his/her home