Stripping Terrorists of American Citizenship

In the article, Bill aims to strip certain Americans of their citizenship, by Ed Hornick of CNN on May 7th, 2010. There is a bill being introduced to Congress that would allow the government to strip people of their citizenship if they are believed to be involved in terrorist actions. The bill is being introduced by a bi-partisan group, some of which are saying that they are simply updating the 1940 bill, the Immigration and Nationality Act, to fit the present times. There are critics of the bill who say that this is a direct reaction to the attempted car bombing of Time Square. The group claims that their actions are based on the current situation with the wars we are fighting, and the world we live in. This bill could violate a citizens civil liberities, by going against the framers original idea of any citizen guilty or innocent to receive due process of the law. The bill includes clauses that could potentionally violate the original intent of the constitution involving how treason should be viewed. In our opinion this bill could be potentionally dangerous to civil liberties. While we think the idea behind the bill would be helpful, like the Speaker of the House, we would like to know what consistutes terrorism, we would like to see the definition of what would strip someone of their citizenship to the United States.

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