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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 February 2025. Person's acquisition of United States citizenship by virtue of the circumstances of birth For laws regarding U.S. citizenship, see United States nationality law. For U.S. citizenship (birthright and naturalized), see Citizenship of the United States. United States citizenship and ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 February 2025. Clause of the US Constitution specifying natural born US citizenship to run for President Status as a natural-born citizen of the United States is one of the eligibility requirements established in the United States Constitution for holding the office of president or vice president. This ...
The main birthright citizenship case is from 1898, when the Supreme Court ruled that the son of lawful immigrants from China was a U.S. citizen by virtue of his birth in 1873 in San Francisco.
Non-citizen U.S. nationals can apply for naturalization if they want to become U.S. citizens. In order to be naturalized, non-citizen U.S. nationals must meet similar requirements to foreign nationals, meaning non-citizen nationals must pay a US$640 fee (as of May 29, 2023), pass a good moral character assessment, be fingerprinted and pass an ...
Trump has falsely claimed that the U.S. is the only country that grants citizenship through birth, but a Law Library of Congress report shows more than 30 countries worldwide grant citizenship by ...
Citizenship is established as a right under the Constitution, not as a privilege, for those born in the United States under its jurisdiction and those who have been "naturalized". [2] While the words citizen and national are sometimes used interchangeably, national is a broader legal term, such that a person can be a national but not a citizen ...
In 1868, the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution codified birthright citizenship, declaring that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction ...
Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-national of a country acquires the nationality of that country after birth. [1] The definition of naturalization by the International Organization for Migration of the United Nations excludes citizenship that is automatically acquired (e.g. at birth) or is acquired by declaration.