Among the documents required for renunciation of citizenship by the UNITED STATES Department of State is the "RENUNCIATION OF UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP – STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING CONCERNING THE CONSEQUENCES AND RAMIFICATIONS OF RENUNCIATION." The document states:
· I, Kenneth Roy Nichols , understand that:
1. I have the right to renounce my UNITED STATES citizenship,
2. If I do not possess the nationality/citizenship of any country other than the UNITED STATES, upon my renunciation I will become a stateless person and may face extreme difficulties in travelling internationally and entering most countries. (available upon request)
Nichols legally swore and signed to these terms and yet the United States response was to reject his renunciation of citizenship. This was based on the fact that he "returned to Hawaii without registering as an alien." The State Department ignored all reference to his detailed "Declaration of Expatriation" which addressed specifically the historical facts surrounding Hawaii. Most importantly, United States Federal Law, "PUBLIC LAW 103-150."
This law took affect with the signature of then President Bill Clinton in November 1993, 100 years after the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation. The law states:
· "Whereas, on January 14, 1893, John L. Stevens, the United States Minister assigned to the sovereign and independent Kingdom of Hawaii conspired with a small group of non-Hawaiian residents of the Kingdom of Hawaii including citizens of the United States, to overthrow the indigenous and lawful Government of Hawaii…"
· I, Kenneth Roy Nichols , understand that:
1. I have the right to renounce my UNITED STATES citizenship,
2. If I do not possess the nationality/citizenship of any country other than the UNITED STATES, upon my renunciation I will become a stateless person and may face extreme difficulties in travelling internationally and entering most countries. (available upon request)
Nichols legally swore and signed to these terms and yet the United States response was to reject his renunciation of citizenship. This was based on the fact that he "returned to Hawaii without registering as an alien." The State Department ignored all reference to his detailed "Declaration of Expatriation" which addressed specifically the historical facts surrounding Hawaii. Most importantly, United States Federal Law, "PUBLIC LAW 103-150."
This law took affect with the signature of then President Bill Clinton in November 1993, 100 years after the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation. The law states:
· "Whereas, on January 14, 1893, John L. Stevens, the United States Minister assigned to the sovereign and independent Kingdom of Hawaii conspired with a small group of non-Hawaiian residents of the Kingdom of Hawaii including citizens of the United States, to overthrow the indigenous and lawful Government of Hawaii…"