tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post7286675249581919341..comments2023-09-23T11:16:00.352+02:00Comments on The Franco-American Flophouse has moved: Not Everyone Wants to Be a Citizen (Updated)Victoria FERAUGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16319699673885400472noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-71046220252987814232017-04-12T08:43:29.105+02:002017-04-12T08:43:29.105+02:00Thank you, Tim. I read the article when it was fi...Thank you, Tim. I read the article when it was first published. Like everything Spiro writes, it was good. Have you read his most recent book about dual citizenship? I really recommend it.Victoria FERAUGEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16319699673885400472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-22359195633531572362017-04-11T02:33:54.625+02:002017-04-11T02:33:54.625+02:00Here was the original Spiro piece I was referring ...Here was the original Spiro piece I was referring too.<br /><br />http://opiniojuris.org/2009/07/04/beyond-the-curtain-of-july-4th-naturalization-ceremonies/<br /><br />Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894651289037073128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-7910900145777999682017-04-11T02:32:31.607+02:002017-04-11T02:32:31.607+02:00Not directly related but remember a piece by Peter...Not directly related but remember a piece by Peter Spiro a few years back discussing naturalization ceremonies in the US and the fact that most of the time they are not as nearly dignified as portrayed in the media. However, after talking with several people who recently have become US citizens in the Boston area recently I wonder if their is a regional bias in all this situation. All of the people I have recently run into around Boston HAVE had the more formal dignified naturalization ceremonies that US government always likes to portray in the media. One person's ceremony was at Plymouth Rock on the replica of the Mayflower, another was at Fenway Park, another was at Faneuil Hall, and another was just before the Fourth of July concert on the Charles River Esplanade. So perhaps the issue in naturalization ceremonies is what part of the US you live in. If you live in Boston you are much more likely to have a very formal ceremony vs lets say Kansas City.<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatch_Memorial_ShellTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894651289037073128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-72809419410210840812017-04-10T00:36:04.785+02:002017-04-10T00:36:04.785+02:00Andrew, Very interesting. That's worth looki...Andrew, Very interesting. That's worth looking into. I did a quick search and found a few (a very few) articles that look into it. Let me see what I can find. Thank you, you have given me a puzzle to work on. :-)Victoria FERAUGEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16319699673885400472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-77864947115486362092017-04-09T20:43:36.372+02:002017-04-09T20:43:36.372+02:00One of the interesting insights looking at dual ci...One of the interesting insights looking at dual citizenship in Canada was that the group with one of the highest non-uptake of Canadian citizenship is Americans (about 40 percent, one of the highest). Not sure which reasons play a more important role in this case, and also not sure whether the greater number of renunciations following FATCA will change this over time.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10191267025812828244noreply@blogger.com