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The Board of Immigration Appeals ruled in 1955 that "it is possible to argue" that Lafayette and living male heirs became American citizens when the Constitution became effective on March 4, 1789, but that heirs born later were not U.S. citizens. [5] Honorary citizenship should not be confused with citizenship or permanent residency bestowed by ...
This is a list of American citizens who have held titles of nobility from other countries. Nobility is not granted by the United States itself under the Title of Nobility Clause of the Constitution .
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Honorary citizenship is a status bestowed by a city or other government on a foreign or native individual whom it considers to be especially admirable or otherwise worthy of the distinction. The honour usually is symbolic and does not confer any change to citizenship or nationality.
He obtained honorary Swiss citizenship in 1970, and British citizenship in 1985, in both cases without relinquishing U.S. citizenship. [ 238 ] [ 239 ] However, he renounced U.S. citizenship in 1994, and died five years later in Germany.
The US Congress made Wallenberg an Honorary Citizen of the United States in 1981, [34] the second person to be so honored, after Winston Churchill. In 1985, the portion of 15th Street, SW in Washington, D.C., on which the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is located, was renamed Raoul Wallenberg Place by Act of Congress. [35] [36]