Citizenship

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…

of the book, two main arguments stood up for me. The issue of birthright citizenship and the issue of naturalization. Birthright citizenship was an important issue during the 1990s. According to the book, most people acquired citizenship by birth rather through naturalization. This action reflected the fact that racism was still very present. Immigrants, even though they lived for several years could never get the citizenship which was not right. The 1990s was the time of the prerequisite laws…

when he makes enough money. A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country is considered an immigrant. 11 million immigrants are already in the United States illegally. The United States should give citizenship to illegal Immigrants One reason why immigrants should get citizenship is to make sure that the doors are opened so America can remain open for future generations. According to Charles E. Schumer “We need to modernize and fix our immigration system, to ensure that the…

a concept of ‘Social Citizenship’, according to T.H.Marshall (1963), every entitled citizen has equal rights and duties. Rights can be categorized into three by the social condition; Civil, Political, and Social. Different concepts of citizenship lead different principles of right and entitlement in welfare states. (Dwyer, 2004) However, this concept has a paradox of confliction between social right and market. (Dwyer, 2011) Also, alternative concepts beyond social citizenship should be…

Citizenship, with its attendant rights and duties has been an ever constant in human society since the earliest ideas of democracy and the rights of mankind were recorded in the Greek city-states of antiquity. As human society has evolved with the passing of the centuries so too has our perspective on citizenship, into what we now recognise as our modern interpretation of the expectations and rights of the citizen within the nation or state to which they belong. “Citizenship refers not only to a…

should be granted citizenship. Arguments have been made that illegal immigrants hinder the progression of our country's government, social structure, and economy. However, the majority of undocumented immigrants residing in the US have been living in the United States for decades and have proven to be beneficial in all these aspects. These immigrants have already established their homes and families making it hard for deportation to be an effective solution. A way to grant citizenship to…

Simple Middle Ground to Birthright Citizenship Tension between the political parties have occurred as of late not giving room for compromise. Illegal immigration is a hot topic that causes a large divide. Articles like "The Case for Birthright Citizenship", by Linda Chavez have shown the argument of fundamentally reading the fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. This Amendment states that any person born on United States soil is automatically given citizenship as an American. George F. Will,…

Responsible Citizenship in America According to the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary, “citizenship is also carrying out the duties and responsibilities of a member of a particular society.” Also defined by Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary responsible is “having the duty of taking care of something.” As citizens we all have the duty to serve our country through service work. We are given protection, amenities, opportunity, and so much more. What can we do to give back? I think it is…

immigrants and foreigners were not granted citizenship status in his speech. To explain, within Athens, not all people qualified for citizenship, which entailed the rights and responsibilities of participating in government and becoming an active member of Athenian community. In Athenian society, one had to be a male, own land, be a free man, and be native born in order to become a citizen. As a result, foreigners and immigrants were exempted from receiving citizenship status within Athenian…

The Pericles citizenship law, did more and affected the woman of Athens even more with negative appearance for them and made their life worse than before. All because of the Pericles citizenship law, it’s all started because Pericles and is motion of his own law. And that law was “that he had proposed a law that only those who could claim Athenian parentage on both sides could be counted as Athenian citizens . In other words, citizenship was no longer to be heredity purely on the male side,…