wew lad    happy thanksgiving to you too! and yes, i like the less long version, although i also like how    it can happen quickly; however, rapid separation is often a legal quagmire. it's a constant problem in litigation about citizenship worldwide. there was a case way back where the us had a lawsuit about a kenyan immigrant who was stripped of british citizenship for being from kenya but didn't qualify for kenyan citizenship because he didn't live in kenya at the time of independence etc. he just happened to be here for college while on a student visa, couldn't get it renewed as a stateless individual, and ended up applying for amnesty as an illegal immigrant. the president approved of his application, noting his lack of willful choice to illegally overstay his visa and lack of approval to return to kenya/britain as a former british colonial subject, while congress issued a veto against the presidential decision based on the law allowing for "legislative veto," which the supreme court subsequently ruled as unconstitutional. we even had a really complex law on citizenship/nationality for filipinos and a 20+ year separation period with the panama canal zone. ironically, it's actually a lot easier to decide these things when there's a war for independence etc. because loyalty to the secessionist government becomes a factor in deciding who becomes a citizen of the new country and who stays a citizen of the old one.    without the chimps yes i'm certain the gop will win most states.
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