Citizenship In The United States

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What does the Constitution have to say about Citizenship? The Articles of Confederation does not specify the rights of citizenship in the states. Article IV. The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States; and the people of each State shall free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same duties, impositions, and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively, provided that…show more content…
Amended Constitution Amendment #14 section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the…show more content…
Citizenship One can become a U.S. citizen by one of two ways: 1. By Birth 2. By Law By Birth: Natural Born Citizens 14th Amendment: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." Title 8 of the U.S. Code (Section 1401): • Anyone born inside the United States • Any Indian or Eskimo born in the United States, provided being a citizen of the U.S. does not impair the person's status as a citizen of the tribe • Any one born outside the United States, both of whose parents are citizens of the U.S., as long as one parent has lived in the U.S. • Any one born outside the United States, if one parent is a citizen and lived in the U.S. for at least one year and the other parent is a U.S. national • Any one born in a U.S. possession, if one parent is a citizen and lived in the U.S. for at least one year • Any one found in the U.S. under the age of five, whose parentage cannot be determined, as long as proof of non-citizenship is not provided by age

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