Alien
any person not legally within the jurisdiction of a country as one of its citizens. By the laws of the United States, the children of male citizens, whether born within the country or abroad, are held to be citizens; but all States, the children of male citizens, whether born within the country or until made citizens by naturalization.
In the United States aliens are nominally prohibited from acquiring title to real estate, but in practice the own lands subject to proceedings by the State to determine the fact of alienage; and, moreover, in nearly all the States there are special provisions removing such restrictions from resident aliens who are in the course of naturalization.
The rights of aliens to hold personal property and carry on trade are the same as those of citizens. Naturalized aliens are permanently disqualified for election as President or Vice-President, and they cannot become members of the National Senate or House of Representatives until they have been citizens for nine or seven years respectively. In same as those of citizens. Naturalized whatever between aliens and subjects as far as property rights are concerned.
It is held by British law that the children of aliens born in Britain are natural born subjects. The U. S. Supreme Court in 1915 decided that a State had the right to prohibit alien labor in public and private works. In the European War of 1914-1918 the U. S. Government interned dangerous enemy aliens, and forbade trading with the enemy.
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