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2. Child Citizenship Act of 2000 - Wikipedia

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   The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 (CCA) is a United States federal law that amended the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 regarding acquisition of citizenship by children of US citizens and added protections for individuals who have voted in US elections in the mistaken belief that they were US citizens. The law modified past rules for ...

3. Citizenship of the United States - Wikipedia

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   For example, under the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax (HEART) Act of 2008, United States citizens in general are subject to an expatriation tax if they give up United States citizenship, but there are exceptions (specifically ) for those who are either under age 18 + 1 ⁄ 2 upon giving up United States citizenship and have lived in ...

4. United States nationality law - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Fact check: Trump, repeating old lies on ‘Meet the Press ...

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   Trump reiterated his intention to try to end birthright citizenship, in which, under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, someone born in the US is granted automatic citizenship even if their ...

6. What is birthright citizenship and the 14th amendment ... - AOL

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   Trump's Agenda47 policy platform states he wants to clarify the amendment, so it is understood "that U.S. Citizenship extends only to those both born in AND 'subject to the jurisdiction' of the ...

7. Why the US has birthright citizenship and how Trump could ...

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   A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here.. President-elect Donald Trump has for years been railing against the concept of ...

8. Birthright citizenship in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The Act specified that naturalized citizenship was reserved only for "free white person[s]" and changed the requirement in the 1790 Act of "good character" to read "good moral character". The Naturalization Act of 1798 increased the period necessary for immigrants to become naturalized citizens in the United States from 5 to 14 years.

9. List of former United States citizens who relinquished their ...

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   A Latvian American and raised in the United States, after Latvia regained its independence in 1991, Kalniņš renounced his U.S. citizenship to become Latvia's ambassador in Washington in 1993. After his term as ambassador ended, he moved to Latvia to pursue a political career there, eventually becoming a member of the Saeima (parliament).