Citizenship of the United States is a legal status that entails Americans with specific rights, duties, protections, and benefits in the United States...
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United States citizenship can be acquired by birthright in two situations: by virtue of the person's birth within United States territory or because at...
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eligibility for United States passports. Despite widespread belief that Lafayette received honorary citizenship of the United States before Churchill...
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The Citizenship Clause is the first sentence of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which was adopted on July 9, 1868, which states:...
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born in the United States. As to those born elsewhere who meet the legal requirements for birthright citizenship, the consensus emerging as of 2016 was...
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relinquish that citizenship. Renunciation of United States citizenship is a legal term encompassing two of those acts: swearing an oath of renunciation at...
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The 2020 United States census was the 24th decennial United States census. Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2020. Other...
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that administers the country's...
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article: Indian Citizenship Act The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, (43 Stat. 253, enacted June 2, 1924) was an Act of the United States Congress that imposed...
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have the status of citizenship. Individuals born in any of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia or almost any inhabited territory are United States...
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become a United States citizen. The oath may be administered by any immigration judge or any authorized officer of the United States Citizenship and Immigration...
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automatic citizenship, excluding slaves before the American Civil War. Although there was no actual definition of citizenship in United States law until...
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of states were mostly subjects, while citizenship was a particular status which originated in the rights of urban populations, like the rights of the...
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The Constitution of the United States provides several basic requirements for eligibility to be elected to the office of President. Individual states...
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Jus soli (redirect from Jus soli in the United States)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States: The Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified...
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to the United States and citizenship of the United States. The United States Congress has authority over immigration policy in the United States, and...
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become a member of a nation. Though the Constitution of the United States recognizes both national and state citizenship as a means of accessing rights...
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nationals of the United States under the Child Citizenship Act of 2000. A U.S. citizen cannot legally be deported, and thus can return to the United States at...
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being United States' nationals, Virgin Islanders are both citizens of the United States and [local] citizens of the Virgin Islands. Citizenship is the relationship...
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of Congress and executive actions relating to immigration to the United States and citizenship of the United States have been enacted in the United States...
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nationals of the United States. The commission recommended that Congress collectively naturalize and extend federal citizenship to all inhabitants of American...
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History of citizenship describes the changing relation between an individual and the state, known as citizenship. Citizenship is generally identified...
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Global citizenship is a form of transnationality, specifically the idea that one's identity transcends geography or political borders and that responsibilities...
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American Civics Test (redirect from United States citizenship test)
had a meaningful understanding of US history and civics. Years later, on March 1, 2003, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)...
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Territories of the United States are sub-national administrative divisions overseen by the federal government of the United States. The various American...
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to the United States has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of its history. In absolute numbers, the United States...
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In the United States, a path (or pathway) to citizenship is proposed immigration reform providing a process whereby illegal immigrants can become citizens...
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extensive news coverage of Obama's religious preference, birthplace, and of the individuals questioning his religious belief and citizenship – efforts eventually...
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Australian citizenship test Canadian Citizenship Test Citizenship of the United States Life in the United Kingdom test Integration law for immigrants to the Netherlands...
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Philippine nationality law (redirect from Citizenship of the Philippines)
the discretion of the United States Congress. In the modern post-independence Philippine context, there is no legal distinction between citizenship and...
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