But the concept of dual citizenship is problematic both symbolically and practically, and could become divisive if more immigrants decide to avail themselves of the privileges of U.S. citizens — as we believe they ought to do.
Though the majority Meitei community would have liked to make the demand an inclusive one, the issue has become divisive and in some instances has even taken a communal tone.
"The issue has become divisive because our nation remains split on how to balance the diversity of our culture with the traditions and firmly held religious convictions," Hutchison said in a press conference Wednesday morning.
When some of her closest supporters pressed her to replace them, arguing that the two were clearly struggling with their jobs and had become divisive figures in the campaign, she responded by saying she would "think about it".
A day or two more and a quite different dynamic would begin to take over the surface distinctions among people that can be comfortably laughed at now would become divisive, fault lines between winners and losers.
Something that is a celebration of the best of New York can't become divisive".
Although the tournament has carried the N.C.A.A., the issue has become divisive in college basketball circles.
The debate about this had become divisive, amid growing accusations of cronyism and incompetence levelled against the president.
Jan Martel, the president of the federation, said the agreement ended an affair that had become "divisive" and "polarizing".
In a country that is almost entirely Muslim, where Asia and Europe intersect, and where secular Western and more devout Muslim cultures mingle, the issue has become divisive.
He can help that cause by changing his tone in the presidential election campaign, where immigration and religion had become divisive themes.
