Citizenship should be granted on a provisional basis for a ten-year probationary period. New citizens should be required to sign a ‘Declaration of Citizenship’.
I agree with this concept, immigrants who want to become British citizens should do something along the lines of “pledging allegiance to the USA”.
It’s saying they want to belong and contribute to our society.
Could you imagine extremists pledging allegiance to the Queen or something :-)
David
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