Naturalization

The legacy of immigration and naturalization administration spans more than 100 years (Our history, 2011). Laws passed in the 1880’s implemented three elements to our immigration policies: “(a) restrictions based on personal characteristics, (b) restrictions based on national origin, (c) protection of American labor” (Laque, 2010, p. 5). When the federal government took over immigration in 1891 the Office of Superintendent of Immigration was part of the Treasury Department (Our history, 2011).…

A 14-year-old, Ahmed Mohamed, was detained for bringing a “suspicious” device that his engineering teacher believed was a bomb. Ahmed, who attended Dallas high school was handcuffed by the police officers after the school officials accused him of having a bomb. The 14 years old received a lot of positive attention from Mark Zuckerberg and Pres. Obama, including state officials from Texas as a result of the inaccurate accusations. Ahmed has evidently proved his brilliance multiple times by…

Another example of the separation of power that is important would be the INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) v Chadha. In this case the problem was whether a particular house could vote to override an executive decision in a way that it violates the separation of powers. In this case Chadha was from Kenya, he stayed here after his visa expired. Here an immigration judge determined that his deportation should be suspended since Chadha met the requirements to stay in the U.S. It was…

After reading chapter 2 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 United States, it is crucial that they are informed of important laws, rights, and responsibilities associated with becoming a citizen. Many steps must be taken in order for naturalization to take place, including a written test. Reading Learn About the United States: Quick Civics Lessons for the Naturalization Test can tremendously aid immigrants when studying for the civics portion of the test. The most valuable concept presented in the document is American Government, because it…

opportunity in this country because they believe coming to this country life will be easier. I recognize people win much more money here than other countries; however, one would never imagine the cost and the duration of naturalization would be this much. I believe naturalization should be like a recognition for permanent residents because they have done so much for this country and devoted their lives working hard to improve their lives. The sad reality is that permanent residents who…

was his home and had wanted citizenship. James Fisk described Rodriguez as a hard worker, peaceful citizen but above all a good man with great qualities but a great candidate for U.S citizenship. Ricardo Rodriguez had filed an application for naturalization papers on May of 1896 , while two San Antonio politicians T.J. Mcminn and Jack Evans complained to District judge,T.S Maxey that Rodriguez did not quality for citizenship because he wasn’t white or of African descent.…

The female sphinx inspired artwork was made of sugar, polystyrene, plastic and molasses (Lewis 2017: 12). Walker addresses how the black female body has been represented through stereotyping practices for years. Essentialism, reductionism and naturalization are used in A Subtlety. Essentialising is when a race’s intrinsic nature is essentialised to a few internal qualities or behaviours (Hall 1997: 245). These essential qualities or behaviours represent who they are as a people and all they can…

that were dependent on a judge’s subjective interpretation of the laws. Supporting Paragraph: This is an important topic to talk about because judges are responsible for interpreting the law and applying the laws equally to everyone. Laws like Naturalization have ambiguity in them so that judges can exercise discretion based on the case. But in the case of Filipinos, the ambiguous wording of the laws gave state judges an unprecedented amount of power over the Filipino population. The ambiguity…

stateless. The Expatriation Act especially affected U.S.-born Asian women who married noncitizens, because they lost their citizenship and could not regain American citizenship through naturalization even after their marriage ended. This was due to that fact that they became aliens ineligible to citizenship under the Naturalization Act. In some cases, this forced Asian women to choose between American citizenship and marriage. This act was almost used as a form of punishment to women who chose…