United States Citizenship Essay

During the 21st century during the election of 2016 the number of application for citizenship has increased, is this due to the candidates we will be voting for or for the benefits of being a citizen. With the increase of the applications for citizenship we see that many residence in the United States have taken in consideration what is being said about their ethnicity, social status, culture and religion and others are taking in consideration their benefits of being able to get disability, retirement, and for many students able to get financial aid. Citizenship is defined as the status of a person under the law as a legal member of the sovereign state. Citizenship was originally for the protection of the residence of the city, but within …show more content…
Another requirement is the citizenship expenses, in order for to apply for test the minimum charge for starting the application process cost you a roughly $600 dollars not including lawyer fees. With such high cost people are not able to start the application process and also due to their background information you must have a clear criminal record. In the U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services Numbers of N-400 Application for Naturalization of dates April 1- June 2016 shows that 8,050 people applied in Dallas Texas and only 4,667 passed the criminal record and …show more content…
Once obtained this citizenship many believe they have achieve the American dream. Which for many people its the passport to freedom and a voice. Its a way to demonstrate they are no longer slaves to a quiet a voice in this nation and injustice. As a lawyer writing the article she took many years to obtain her citizenship, she not only did she get her citizen card but for many who aren't able to speak up and fight back for their