Dbq Essay On Naturalized Citizens

Dear Congressional Representative, Foreign-born citizens are given every right that a natural-born citizen has, with the exception of running for president of the United States. Many people are opposed to this law and as a matter of fact, two proposals have been presented to allow foreign born citizens to become president of the United States. The United States Constitution should be amended to allow a naturalized citizen to be elected president of the United States. Naturalized citizens are being discriminated against. These foreign-born citizens have greatly contributed to America. Also, there are millions of intelligent naturalized citizens in America today. The most important reason the United States Constitution should be amended
Document 2, “Immigrants for President?” states, “The most disturbing aspect of our Constitution as it reads today is that, scores of foreign-born men and women who have risked their lives defending the freedoms and liberties of this great nation remain ineligible for the Office of President.” Doc. 2 “Immigrants for President?” also states, “More than 700 recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor have been immigrants.” These two quotes prove that naturalized citizens have not only fought for the American people’s beliefs and rights, but have also earned medals for their heroic deeds in the military. “As a nation founded by immigrants, do we have the right to maintain that the more than 12 million Americans who were born elsewhere and who pay taxes, serve on juries, vote, and die in combat cannot have the same opportunities?”(Doc. 2 “Immigrants for President?”) This quote helps to contribute to the fact that naturalized citizens have given America a helping hand in various ways, whether it was dying in combat for us or paying taxes. Furthermore, our nation was founded by immigrants; therefore these naturalized citizens deserve every opportunity that natural-born citizens have, based on the fact that foreign-born citizens are the people who