I first was young corporal wayne johnson, 22 years old, citizen of the british west indies. My second was corporal manual rivera, citizen of mexico. My third, Staff Sergeant remy lebrune, of canada. Lawful permanent residents served at higher rates than itive born americans and first years in the fleet brought that home to me in human terms because the person i relied on most to teach a young infantry lieutenant his skills were all noncitizens in my first few years in the marine force. And many times i would attend swearing ceremonies when soldiers, sailors, airmen, coast n, swarthy oath of allegiance taken by all who wish to become u. S. Citizens. Here is what that says. I will read it to you. I hereby declare on oath that i absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all fidelity to any foreign prince, state or sovereignty of whom were of which i have heretofore been a subject or citizen, that i will support and defend the constitution and laws of the United States of america against
Group to the stage. [applause] michael so welcome and thanks. This is a huge crowd, coming out this evening, to talk about the subject of considerable interest and controversy, namely citizenship in the United States. From the beginning of the republic, there has been a problem. How do you form, how do we form a citizenry out of such a diverse of diverse and eclectic mix . This is important, at least our framers believed it was because their understanding was in a republic, as opposed to a other regime, it was responsible essential that citizens voluntarily out of their own passion and patriotism be committed to a much thicker understanding of the common good than is necessary in the other regimes. It is both more necessary and more difficult. And then we were lacking some things these older regimes would have that had been unifying citizen forming institutions. We did not have a monarch around whom we would rally. We were not going to have a unified established church. We were not goi
Theyll be out in full force. As eyes are fixed on new years eve fireworks, in the new years day mummers parade, Law Enforcement will have their eyes on massive crowds expected to turn out. We just want to send a message that we will be working, and working very hard, to keep everyone safe and making sure everyone has a great time. From catching drunk drivers, to matters of national security, Philadelphia Police will be operating with all hands on deck. We will have let a of action out there, every type of configuration, to respond to any emergency. Most recently, december 19th, Christmas Village attack in berlin, germany, Philadelphia Police have team up with officials in other major cities across the country, to ensure safe and fun starts to 2017. Personally contact with the nypd, Pennsylvania State police, septa police, fbi here in philadelphia, to make sure that were all on the same page, were all well coordinated, sharing information. On weekends marked by extravagantly clad men an
Department came together to say thank you. Well we begin tonight with height ends security this holiday weekends. Good evening, everyone, im jessica dean. Im Nicole Brewer in for Ukee Washington tonight. Philadelphia police are stepping up patrols to make sure new years festivities are safe. Of course this is in after mast of several terrorist act overseas. Alexandria hoff is live at penns landing. Police are geared up for one busy 24 hour period starting tomorrow. While they were not able to disclose their exact strategy, theyll be out in full force. As eyes are fixed on new years eve fireworks, in the new years day mummers parade, Law Enforcement will have their eyes on massive crowds expected to turn out. We just want to send a message that we will be working, and working very hard, to keep everyone safe and making sure everyone has a great time. From catching drunk drivers, to matters of national security, Philadelphia Police will be operating with all hands on deck. We will have l
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