Many times the question “What constitutes one to be a citizen?” has been proposed. A citizen is defined by Merriam-Webster’s dictionary as “a person who legally belongs to a country and has the rights and protection of that country.” This arises the question, how does one become a citizen? When interviewing members of the Appalachian State University community, I received primarily two different answers, the most common of them being “Citizenship is something you’re simply born into.” I do not believe that most of the people who made this statement realize exactly how untrue it is. According to the most recent census, approximately 40 million people or around 13% of US citizens are foreign-born. The remainder of the people I interviewed responded
