#CommunistsCantBecomeAmericans<\/p>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/constitution-conan\/article-1\/section-8\/clause-4\/the-naturalization-of-aliens<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cany person who advocates or teaches, or is a member of or affiliated with Communist Party, other communist organizations, or other totalitarian organizations is ineligible to become a naturalized citizen of United States” <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Naturalization of Aliens https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/constitution-conan\/article-1\/section-8\/clause-4\/the-naturalization-of-aliens<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThe right of a person to become a naturalized citizen of the United States shall not be denied or abridged because of race or sex or because such person is married.\u201d1332 However, any person \u201cwho advocates or teaches, or who is a member of or affiliated with any organization that advocates or teaches . . . opposition to all organized government,\u201d or \u201cwho advocates or teaches or who is a member of or affiliated with any organization that advocates or teaches the overthrow by force or violence or other unconstitutional means of the Government of the United States\u201d or who is a member of or affiliated with the Communist Party, or other communist organizations, or other totalitarian organizations is ineligible.1333 These provisions moreover are \u201capplicable to any applicant for naturalization who at any time within a period of ten years immediately preceding the filing of the petition for naturalization or after such filing and before taking the final oath of citizenship is, or has been found to be, within any of the classes enumerated within this section, notwithstanding that at the time the petition is filed he may not be included within such classes.\u201d1334<\/p>\n Other limitations on eligibility are also imposed. Eligibility may turn upon the decision of the responsible officials whether the petitioner is of \u201cgood moral character.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/rio\/citation\/66_Stat._242<\/a><\/p>\n
Although, as has been noted, throughout most of our history there were significant racial and ethnic limitations upon eligibility for naturalization, the present law prohibits any such discrimination.<\/p>\n