Posted by Chris Kerr on January 22, 1997 at 23:17:06:
In Reply to: immigration posted by Lars Olsson on December 29, 1996 at 12:21:05:
: The constitution of the state of Washington provides for naturalization in the state.
: My presumption is that I would then become a State Citizen with rights
: under the constitution visavi priviledges under the civil rights acts.
: I am unable to find the 'older' laws of Washington on the net. RCW, (revised
: code of Washington) is there, but it does not mention naturalization. Is it
: possible to research this question via the Net, or do I have to access a law
: library? Any help is appreciated. Lars
Hi Lars. The civil rights you mention are what U.S. citizens get. A more appropriate term would be civil privileges. If memory serves, the U.S. was given power to makes the rules for naturalization, but the power to do the act was not given. Yet they do it daily, creating little U.S. citizens to help fill-out their power base. For those that want to be 'naturalized' to a state Citizenship, I was told that is done at a state District Court house. You should certainly read Paul's material on how to tell if you are in state venue or federal venue when there in the courthouse, and make sure you do it under state venue. I can't help you on where to get the spicific regulations concerning this. It isn't hard to guess that the U.S. doesn't want to see people doing it this way, and intentionally bury the regulations (or maybe even not write them up!). Good luck!