United States Citizenship

Citizenship in Athens and Rome has similarities and differences. Being a citizen is being a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government. Being a citizen meant different things in each empire. The relationship between the citizen and their nation varied from their system of citizenship. Rome had a better system of citizenship because they were more open to who they allowed citizenship, they gave people they conquered citizenship, and personal grudges, judgements about others/topics would not affect the Empire.

The Birthright Citizenship Amendment is one that has caused controversy. Should  a person that is  born in the US, regardless of whether the parents were here temporarily, or illegally be considered an American citizen? The 14th Amendment states “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the States wherein they reside”, ( Spalding, 2010). The interpretation of this amendment has caused the controversy.

A common misconception is that legalizing illegal immigrants would just result in “criminals” running around the streets causing disturbances. Who is ignored is the benefit of a very specific population of Americans, the sons and daughters of illegal immigrants. American children are harmed every time one or both of their parents is deported as a result of the lack of an immigration reform. In the article, “Children of Illegal Immigrants Struggle When Parents Are Deported” Valbrun states that “the government deported more than 46,000 parents of children with U.S. citizenship in the first half of 2011, according to the ARC report.” In these conditions, jailed parents cannot fight for their children’s custody and at times lose it to the government who then puts the children out for adoption or in foster care when they already have loving parents. Properly legalizing immigrants would improve the lives of many American children and improve the American social aspects with more

Illegal immigration has become more of an important issue in the United States since Donald Trump’s campaign for president in 2016. Immigration can be known as the act of people crossing national borders to live permanently in other countries. It becomes illegal when they cross those borders without the legal right to be in those countries. The U.S. has been an immigrant country since the pilgrims in the 1600s and has ever since, been diverse. Most of the immigrants are Latinos that come from Central America, but they also come from all over the world. The current path to legal citizenship is flawed and needs to be reformed to allow rights to be upheld, equal and fair treatment of all applicants, and to facilitate the process altogether.

For many people, it could be a challenge to become a U.S. citizen. For others, becoming a U.S. citizen was easy. Everyone has the dream to become a U.S. citizen, but not everyone has the privilege to be a U.S. citizen. For the people that do have the privilege to become a U.S. citizen there is a process that the applicants must take and get granted with U.S. citizenship. The steps for becoming a U.S. citizen are eligibility, applying for citizenship, and take oath of allegiance.

I don't think they achieved full citizenship because they still faved segregation, they don't have complete rights, there was racism. Some ways they faced segregation were their public spaces were separate and more run down than rights. Blacks couldn't go the same places or do the same things as whites with whites. A lot of people were hostile toward them because they had been taking there jobs. Although the 14 amendment said they had full citizenship they didn't because they still couldn't vote . Another way they weren't full citizens was they couldn't serve in a jury because they were former slaves. One way they faced racism was with the ku klux klan (kkk) because they wanted to drive them out of a political life. The ku klux klan (kkk)

The U.S. citizenship test is considered to be one of the most important steps in the naturalization process. This test features 100 civics questions, out of which to-be U.S. citizens are asked 10 questions. They will fail if they get more than four questions wrong. While the civics test is one part of the citizenship test and interview, the English test is the other part.

The issue becomes if a family should be divided and send only people who do not have documents back to Mexico or send back the entire family, depriving those born in the country of their right to live in the country. A common misconception that occurs is that anyone who is of Mexican descent is automatically an immigrant and could not have been born in the United States. Had it not been for the sloppy actions of the Braceros program, the misconception could be avoided as the legal citizenships of many Chicanos were

There are three proposed actions to resolve the birthright debate issue: legislating change at a federal level, amending the constitution to revoke birthright citizenship, and getting the Supreme Court to change its interpretation of the 14th amendment. There are arguments for and against each proposed action. Legislating change at the federal level has already been attempted, in 2009 the Birthright Citizenship Act was proposed which specified that in order to be considered a citizen, a child must have at least one parent who is a citizen of the Unites States, is a legal permanent resident, or is an undocumented immigrant serving in the armed forces. Since its proposal the bill has not moved, it remains stagnant in subcommittee (Tuttle 2015); experts doubt its ability to survive court challenges if it were to become law and that it would quickly be struck down as unconstitutional. Those who oppose the law argue that it is fueled by anti-immigrant sentiments, and that putting such stipulations on natural citizenship is unconstitutional and is in direct conflict with the 14th amendment. There is the fear that if congress can pass a law that conflicts with the 14th amendment, it can pass

The first institution that plays a major role in immigration is the Department of Homeland Security (DOH). John Francis Kelly is the fifth and current United States Secretary of the Department. Within the Department of Homeland Security lies the U.S. Citizenships and Immigration Services (USCIS). According to “Who Does what in U.S. Immigration”, the USCIS, “…is responsible for providing immigration-related services such as processing immigrant and nonimmigrant benefits; adjudicating refugee, asylee, and naturalization petitions; and granting or denying work authorization”. USCIS has four eligibility requirements:

Emmanuel Mendez is a 35 year old male, who is husband to Carmen and father to Josephine. Emmanuel is currently in the process of applying for his U.S citizenship. He moved to the United States four years ago and currently speaks Spanish and understands some English. He has had difficulty finding consistent jobs and is currently unemployed. He is finding it extremely difficult to cope with unemployment. He consumes various bottles of liquor throughout the day to keep him occupied. Emmanuel is also dealing with the embarrassment of his wife being employed and solely taking care of the household. He is used to being the “breadwinner of the household.” These differences have created stress and marital conflict. Emmanuel and his daughter have grown distance in the past couple of months. He believes it’s because she is being influence by her American friends. She is upset that she is not embracing her Dominican heritage.

Rule: In order for someone to have the capability to file a lawsuit the law of Diversity of Citizenship Jurisdiction must apply. Diversity of Citizenship Jurisdiction states that the citizens involved in the lawsuit must be from different states or from a foreign country. Someone might file in Federal Court because the state might favor its own citizen. Federal law also requires a minimum amount of $75,000.

Most of the family will seek for American citizenship of residency after they settle down having citizenship has a lot of benefits than green card holder do not have. Compared to the green card holder, U.S. citizens can vote, and can petition for a long list of foreign national family members to join them in the U.S. than permanent residents can – for example, unlike green card holders, they can petition for their parents (as immediate relatives), their married children, and their brothers and sisters. The most common path to US citizenship, which allows a green card holder (permanent resident) of at least 5 years to apply for naturalization. According to US citizenships and immigration services, if the individuals are a green

Illegal immigration is becoming overwhelming in the United States. Many people are getting across the border illegally so they can either find a better life for themselves or their children. When these people immigrate it is normally due to the process of becoming a citizen taking too long and causing them to become impatient or they’re just not allowed at all. The United States has a problem with illegal immigration and since this is a problem a couple solutions should be planned and worked on.

The title of this article immediately shows the claim, “one person, one passport, one road to injustice.” The article starts out with facts and injustices about dual citizenships. Although some countries allow them, the countries that don’t, often cause problems for people who want a dual citizenships for work, family, etc. Although the United States allows dual citizenships, when the other country does not, the person is forced to pick a country. A premise brought up is how in the past, people would be born in one place, their whole family would be there, and they would live there for the rest of their lives. Times are different now. These days, people travel for work, family, and pleasure, making life harder for countries that don’t allow