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The U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 was a legislative bill that was proposed by President Joe Biden on his first day in office. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was formally introduced in the House by Representative Linda Sánchez . [ 4 ]
A 2016 ruling by the D.C. Circuit Court upheld the government's position that American Samoa is not "in the United States" for purposes of the Fourteenth Amendment and thus American Samoans are nationals but not citizens at birth, [81] A 2021 ruling by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals similarly upheld the government's position and reversed a ...
In 1927, U.S. nationals of the U.S. Virgin Islands were granted citizenship rights. [84] American Samoa became a U.S. territory in 1929 and its inhabitants became non-citizen nationals. [85] Since passage of the Nationality Act of 1940, non-citizen nationals may transmit their non-citizen U.S. nationality to children born abroad. [86]
The Naturalization Act of 1790 (1 Stat. 103, enacted March 26, 1790) was a law of the United States Congress that set the first uniform rules for the granting of United States citizenship by naturalization.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 February 2025. First sentence of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Citizenship Clause is the first sentence of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which was adopted on July 9, 1868, which states: All persons born or naturalized in the United States ...
The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, (43 Stat. 253, enacted June 2, 1924) was an Act of the United States Congress that declared Indigenous persons born within the United States are US citizens. Although the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides that any person born in the United States is a citizen, there is an exception for ...
I became an American citizen at the end of 2021 My three kids were born in the US and are American citizens. I worried about all of my family but me having American passports.
While there was pushback, the Act did eventually terminate on May 11, 2023, when the public health emergency was lifted. [37] President Biden has also had a share of impactful acts during his presidency. In 2021, the U.S. Citizenship Act [38] was introduced to the house by the Biden administration. This act was set in place to create a path for ...