Thread: Cable Act of 1922

Although this act was repealed in 1936, it does highlight the fact that we DO NOT have to amend the 14th Amendment to take away citizenship!

The Cable Act of 1922 (ch. 411, 42 Stat. 1021, "Married Women’s Independent Nationality Act") is a United States federal law that reversed former immigration laws regarding marriage, also known as the Married Women's Citizenship Act or the Women's Citizenship Act. Previously, a woman lost her U.S citizenship if she married a foreign man, since she assumed the citizenship of her husband—a law that did not apply to men who married foreign women.

Former immigration laws prior to 1922 did not make reference to the alien husband's race.[1] However, The Cable Act of 1922 guaranteed independent female citizenship only to women who were married to "alien[s] eligible to naturalization".[2] At the time of the law's passage, Asian aliens were not considered to be racially eligible for U.S. citizenship.[3][4] As such, the Cable Act only partially reversed previous policies, granting independent female citizenship only to women who married non-Asians. The Cable Act effectively revoked the U.S. citizenship of any woman who married an Asian alien.

The Cable Act had additional limitations, since a woman could keep her US citizenship if she stayed within the United States, but if she married a foreigner and lived on foreign soil for as much as two years, she could still lose her right to American nationality.

The Cable Act was amended in 1931, allowing females to retain their citizenship, even after marrying "aliens ineligible for U.S. citizenship".[5] In 1936, the Cable Act was repealed.[4]

A great find tiredofit!

Some interesting readings along these lines to be found from the 1850's through the 1870's from Senators on the Senate floor.

Should the cold hard facts of reality be included in a debate today, or should we sell our souls to the highest bidder and succumb to the forces of political correctness?

It would not be so bad if those that advocate for political correctness were to place their heads upon the block FIRST!

Thanks but the credit goes to a guest (one of his Constitutional experts - I forget the name at the moment) on the Mike Church show this morning!

The credit goes to you as well for sharing. The King Dude is out there in territory others have yet to find or catch up to yet. Blows the MSM and Decepticons out of the water.

Originally Posted by roundabout

The credit goes to you as well for sharing. The King Dude is out there in territory others have yet to find or catch up to yet. Blows the MSM and Decepticons out of the water.

Yes he is...got to have dinner with him while he was here at a 9/12 meeting in OKC...he is way beyond the King Dude when it comes to what he does...The only problem is Glenn Beck took his slot so now I have to get up at o'dark early to listen...lol