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Founded in 1898 by Albert Nelson Marquis as an American counterpoint to the UK-oriented publication of the same name (published by A.C. Black since 1849 and, notably, including substantial biographies since 1897), the first edition of the publication contained concise biographies of more than 8,500 "distinguished Americans".
Honorary citizenship should not be confused with citizenship or permanent residency bestowed by a private bill. Private bills are, on rare occasions, used to provide relief to individuals, often in immigration cases, and are also passed by Congress and signed into law by the president.
Henry Hathaway, by birth as Henri Léopold, Marquis de Fiennes (Kingdom of Belgium) Francis Augustus MacNutt, ennobled (Holy See) Medora de Vallombrosa, Marquise de Morès, by marriage (Kingdom of Sardinia) Marianne Wellesley, Marchioness Wellesley, by marriage (United Kingdom)
Like the Naturalization Acts of 1790 and 1795, the 1798 act also restricted citizenship to "free white persons". The act is the first to maintain records of immigration and residence, and provided certificates of residence for white immigrant aliens, for the purpose of establishing the date of arrival for subsequent qualification for citizenship.
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In the Senate, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 (CIRA) was sponsored by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) and passed in May 2006. CIRA would have given a path to eventual citizenship to a majority of undocumented immigrants already in the country as well as dramatically increased legal immigration.
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Albert Nelson Marquis (January 10, 1855 – December 21, 1943) was a Chicago publisher best known for creating the Who's Who book series, starting with Who's Who in America, which was first published in 1899. [1] [2] Marquis was born in Decatur, Ohio, and raised by his maternal grandparents in nearby Hamersville.