The basis of earning citizenship currently in the U.S. includes three main factors, birth, blood, or naturalization. The basis of the concept of immigration in this country is, “no matter where they came from, can become an American citizen if they’re willing to work for it and take on the responsibilities of citizenship.” (Munoz and Sperling, title?) Immigrants have been pouring into the “home of the free and the brave” for generations to earn a prosperous living. Although the process of becoming a citizen has considerably changed since the 1800’s to current day. The process is not tremendously hard but the fact is that it is time-consuming and expensive.
