You may obtain U.S. citizenship at birth or through naturalization. If you were born outside of the United States, you may obtain U.S. citizenship under certain ...

Citizenship of the United States is a legal status that entails Americans with specific rights, duties, protections, and benefits in the United States. History of citizenship in the... · Naturalized citizenship

10 июл. 2019 г. · The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) was enacted in 1952. The INA collected many provisions and reorganized the structure of immigration law.

Anyone who is not a citizen of the United States is considered an “alien.” Aliens fit into two categories: immigrants and non-immigrants. An immigrant alien is ...

A U.S. citizen may naturalize in a foreign state without any risk to their U.S. citizenship.

Naturalization is the conferral of U.S. citizenship after birth, upon someone who does not have U.S. citizenship. Congress has full legislative authority ...

The following shall be nationals and citizens of the United States at birth: (a) a person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof.

Fourteenth Amendment, Section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United ...

This was the first law to define eligibility for citizenship by naturalization and establish standards and procedures by which immigrants became US citizens.