The Naturalization Act

What’s Your Opinion?

Do you support the provisos of the Naturalization Act of 1790 passed by the first Congress of the U.S. shown below?


     “Provided, That the right of citizenship shall not descend to persons whose fathers have never been resident in the United States.

    “Provided also, That no person heretofore proscribed by any state, shall be admitted a citizen as aforesaid, except by an act of the legislature of the state in which such person was proscribed.”