Naturalization

downfall of our country. The Alien and Sedition Acts consists of four sinful laws. The first law is the Naturalization Act, which demands a minimum residency of fourteen years. There is only one word to describe this-Outrageous! How is a person supposed to wait for fourteen years before being allowed to become a citizen. The act additionally prevents any people from ‘enemy’ nations to apply for naturalization. Not everyone in the ‘enemy’ country is harmful, and they even help the economy by…

Dual citizenship is a status in which a person is a citizen of two nations. Some countries that allow multiple citizenship after U.S. naturalization includes Canada, France, Australia, Hong Kong and Sri Lanka. Some of those that do not allow are China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Korea. Naturalization is the lawful process by which a citizen of one nation turns into a native of another. It usually requires the individual to stay in the adopted nation for a minimum period and turn into a…

This law “established a uniform national citizenship, Congress changed the nation 's naturalization laws to allow for the naturalization of white persons and persons of african descent, pointedly excluding Asians.” (Michelson 2). The fourteenth amendment changed the naturalization, or the process of being granted U.S citizenship, by only allowing “white” persons or people of African descent to become citizens. Asians have been excluded…

Coming to a new country is an excitement for some but for others it is a huge change. Everything is new from what someone is used to seeing and it might feel like they stand out in society. Most individuals would try to change their culture and adopt a new one so that they have a sense of belonging in society. An example of this is shown in the story “Sixty-Nine Cents” written in 2007 by Gary Shteyngart. The author used different symbols to express his ways of leaving the Russian culture and…

Although the Declaration of Independence states that “all men are created equal,” the wording of documents written in that time and the actions of the colonists show that not everyone was equal in 1776. Recently, the election of Donald Trump as president, has caused America to go back in time in terms of equality. Trump’s actions and reactions have angered almost every ethnic and social group possible. In 1776, “all men” included only white men. Thomas Jefferson originally included a clause…

Immigration in the United States began with the Europeans who first stepped on American soil in the 1500s, creating settlements that would soon turn into the United States that many diverse citizens call home today. During 2013, 4.13 million immigrants lived in the U.S., making up 13 percent of the U.S. population, which is the highest amount of immigrants contained by the U.S. (Zong 1). The Immigration and Nationality Act that was established in 1952 is the law that controls the current…

Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) who never properly digitized and uploaded the old fingerprint records after IDENT was introduced in 1994. In 2011, ICE reported approximately 315,000 criminal alien records prior to 1990 had not been uploaded into the IDENT system…

1998) 3. How can one obtain Malaysian Citizenship? Malaysian citizenship can be obtained either by registration or by naturalization. Either way you have to give up your prior nationality as Malaysia does not allow dual citizenship. a. Citizenship by naturalization If you are a foreign national, with no Malaysian origins whatsoever, you can obtain Malaysian citizenship by naturalization. The only requirements are that you are over the age of 21 years, have resided in Malaysia for more than 10…

United States, through job offers and employment they can apply for a green card, which will eventually lead to the path of citizenship. Another path to becoming an American citizen includes the naturalization test. To become a naturalized citizen, passing the naturalization test is critical. At the naturalization interview, there will be a series of questions about an immigrant’s background and application, and then there will be an English civics test. During the actual test, an USCIS officer…

An example of the United States Government taking advantage of Native Americans noncitizen status to force the Native Americans into unfair agreements is the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This law was signed into law in May of 1830 by President Andrew Jackson (Library of Congress). It gave Jackson the power to grant Native American lands within state borders to white Americans in exchange for land that was unsettled west of the Mississippi. This act lead to many Native Americans being forcefully…