忠誠誓詞 (美國)

忠誠誓詞（英語：Oath of Allegiance）是每個合法的美國永久居民（lawful permanent resident, LPR）希望加入美國國籍時都必須宣讀並認同的官方誓言^[1]。

宣誓詞

中文翻譯：

我謹此宣誓，我完全放棄我對以前所屬任何外國親王、君主、國家或主權之公民資格及忠誠；我將支持及捍衛美利堅合眾國憲法和法律、對抗國內和國外所有的敵人；我將真誠地效忠美國；當法律要求時，我願為保衛美國拿起武器；當法律要求時，我會為美國做非戰鬥性之軍事服務；當法律要求時，我會在政府官員指揮下執行具有國家重要意義的工作。我在此心甘情願地宣誓，絕無任何心智障礙、藉口或保留；請上帝保佑我。

I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the armed forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God.^[2]

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參考文獻

^ 美國法典第8編（英語：Title 8 of the United States Code） § 第1452節 ("Certificates of citizenship or U.S. non-citizen national status; procedure"); see also 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(22) ("The term 'national of the United States' means (A) a citizen of the United States, or (B) a person who, though not a citizen of the United States, owes permanent allegiance to the United States.") (emphasis added); Black's Law Dictionary at p.87 (9th ed., 2009) (defining the term "permanent allegiance" as "[t]he lasting allegiance owed to [the United States] by its citizens or [permanent resident]s.") (emphasis added); Ricketts v. Att'y Gen., 897 F.3d 491 （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館）, 493-94 n.3 (3d Cir. 2018) ("Citizenship and nationality are not synonymous."); Jennings v. Rodriguez, 583 U.S. ___, ___-___ (2018), 138 S.Ct. 830 （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館）, 855-56 (2018) (Justice Thomas concurring) ("The term 'or' is almost always disjunctive, that is, the [phrase]s it connects are to be given separate meanings."); Chalmers v. Shalala, 23 F.3d 752 （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館）, 755 (3d Cir. 1994) (same).
^ Oath of Allegiance for Naturalized Citizens. Citizenship and Immigration Services. uscis.gov. U.S. Department of Homeland Security. [2010-06-30]. （原始內容存檔於2020-10-06）.

[1] 美國法典第8編（英語：Title 8 of the United States Code） § 第1452節 ("Certificates of citizenship or U.S. non-citizen national status; procedure"); see also 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(22) ("The term 'national of the United States' means (A) a citizen of the United States, or (B) a person who, though not a citizen of the United States, owes permanent allegiance to the United States.") (emphasis added); Black's Law Dictionary at p.87 (9th ed., 2009) (defining the term "permanent allegiance" as "[t]he lasting allegiance owed to [the United States] by its citizens or [permanent resident]s.") (emphasis added); Ricketts v. Att'y Gen., 897 F.3d 491 （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館）, 493-94 n.3 (3d Cir. 2018) ("Citizenship and nationality are not synonymous."); Jennings v. Rodriguez, 583 U.S. ___, ___-___ (2018), 138 S.Ct. 830 （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館）, 855-56 (2018) (Justice Thomas concurring) ("The term 'or' is almost always disjunctive, that is, the [phrase]s it connects are to be given separate meanings."); Chalmers v. Shalala, 23 F.3d 752 （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館）, 755 (3d Cir. 1994) (same).

[uscis-2] Oath of Allegiance for Naturalized Citizens. Citizenship and Immigration Services. uscis.gov. U.S. Department of Homeland Security. [2010-06-30]. （原始內容存檔於2020-10-06）.

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