Citizenship

S. citizenship. I was interested in interviewing her because I wanted to explore the perspective of a fellow age mate and hear her thoughts on how the process helped to shape her idea of what citizenship is, especially since her naturalization took place this past summer. Ms. Mariama Bah can be reached at (310) 346-6728. Well, what exactly is citizenship? There are so many various approaches taken to describe what citizenship entails. According to Webster’s New World Dictionary, citizenship is…

Beginning with the definition of citizenship; a citizen is a participatory member of a political community. Citizenship is gained by meeting the legal requirements of a national, state, or local government. A nation grants certain rights and privileges to its citizens. In return, citizens are expected to obey their country 's laws and defend it against its enemies (Wasson). Traveling back in time, where I consider the most profound example of true citizenship, the Roman Empire. Civis Romanus Sum…

Citizenship Opportunities In the U.S it is undeniable that there are many illegal families that have came for better work or a better way of life. The children in these families grow up in the U.S so why should they not be able to become citizens. What if the children of these people could in some way achieve citizenship by finishing college or joining the U.S military? While many feel that allowing immigrant children citizenship would cause more competition and separate families, these people…

Dual citizenship means that you are legally recognized as a citizen of your home country and another country. Countries like India, China, Saudi Arabia, Austria and Singapore do not recognize dual citizenship. Which means, acquiring new citizenship of another country will lead to automatic loss of home country’s citizenship status of the aforementioned countries. Whereas developed countries that allowed dual nationality such as U.S.A, U.K., Canada, Switzerland and Australia. (Citizenship Laws…

On Citizens Citizenship can be defined in the Oxford Dictionary as “A legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized.” I do not completely agree with this definition. I think a citizen is someone who, for example, does service for their community, pays taxes or anything else that supports the community or country in which they live. So if someone’s actions do not benefit their community, I don’t consider them a citizen; but if someone’s…

The Romans and the Athenians had two unique citizenship systems. The Romans handed out citizenship to many types of people, and they all enjoys many rights and privileges. The Athenians had a more scrutinizing system and let everyone participate in government. Ultimately this culminates to a clear cut conclusion. The Roman Empire had a superior citizenship system because they let more people become citizens, they’re citizens had more rights, and they’re government wasn’t run by any bum who had…

and we are paying for it all.” What is even more preposterous is the fact that the only thing that differentiates us is something so arbitrary, citizenship. Citizenship in another country is not equivalent to citizenship everywhere else, because you were not given it so that’s it you have no other option, but to wait it out and try to gain citizenship through a long process. Although, why do we continue to use such an…

United States without a visa; and yet, so many of them live among us. They seek citizenship but are often unable to attain it. I must proceed to the inevitable question: what criteria should be used to determine who should be granted citizenship? Any person who is readily able to be ruled and to rule in turn should be made a full-fledged citizen, and all of the respective rights and privileges that come along with citizenship should be afforded to say, person. This process should be done with an…

manage the country 's immigration problems. The right to citizenship has become an issue talked throughout the nation as to how to it should be dealt with. While some may argue that birthright citizenship should be abolished completely, others oppose that changing this may lead into even greater problems. In the U.S. there is a large amount of diversity that makes America different from other countries, so why take away rights and citizenship in especially those that are of color? People from…

From an outsiders view point having citizenship or being a citizen can be simplified into duties. Some of the duties that come with being a citizen of the United States are being part of a jury, voting, paying taxes, register for the draft the list could go on. These duties can either be mandatory or voluntary. Many more questions can arise from this faulty assumption. The problem is thinking that fulfilling duties equals citizenship. This would indicate that all mandatory or voluntary duties…