United States nationality law

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 which helps us to understand the history of the racial discrimination in the laws of birthright citizenship. the fact that the US constitution for the first time stated that Under Jus Soli, citizenship is applied to every person…

the primary driving factor of international migration. The desire of nation-states to regulate national population and to provide individuals one nationalization under the protection of legal institutions contributed to the rise nationalism. Although the countries of emigration like Germany opt for nationality laws based upon jus sanguinis (German nationality law of 1913), countries of immigration like the United States and France developed political citizenship based upon jus soli. In the old…

Should Citizenship Be a Birthright? The 14th amendment states all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the states in which they reside. From the time someone is born in the hospital in the U.S., they are legally considered an U.S. citizen. The person is given a birth certificate and a social security number linking their identity to the government proving that he or she is a natural born citizen. In…

countries to attract more people to be a part of their society. More than 30 countries around the world allow their citizens to have dual citizenship. However, Singapore’s laws prohibit its citizens from doing so. I think Singapore should not allow its citizens to have dual citizenship. When Singapore was under the ruling of United Kingdom in 1959, it was allowed people living there to have their own country…

1 Introduction: Group of persons and individual fleeing persecution have been granting protection by states for centuries; conversely, the refugee regime in the contemporary context is largely the result of the second half of the twentieth century. On like international human rights law, modern refugee law has its roots in the consequences of World War II as well as the refugee crises of the interwar years that preceded it. Enshrined in Article 14(1) of the Universal declaration of Human Rights…

In the United States’ past, many groups have been victims of discrimination; Native Americans, African American, women, and many other peoples have felt the sharp pain of intense hate and oppression. Naturally, they have struggled to alleviate those constant, stabbing pains. Fortunately over time, the oppressed have made many successful attempts at teaching the oppressors the error of their way, and their efforts have led to Congress instituting legal restrictions against discrimination. The…

The United States and Japan both wanted control over Asia .However, they both had different objectives on how they were going to gain control of Asia between the years of 1899 and 1942. John Hay, who was the secretary of state of the United States, proposed an idea called an open door policy which consisted of the option of opening up trade in China to the United States, China, and several nations in Europe. One of the United States objectives for gaining control over Asia is having China…

An American Language Policy Should there be an official language policy that needs to be adopted such as in other countries? The United States was created by immigrants that left their countries due to many reasons. With such a diverse crowd of ethnicities full of culture and traditions, it would come as no surprise that these ethnic groups would have their own languages. One reason some feel that there should be a language policy is that of communication problems between two different language…

of the incidents they receive from local law enforcements agencies. Hate crimes are defined as a criminal act that are motivated wholly or partly by criminals because of race, religion, ethnicity, disability or sexual orientation. Hate crimes are committed against people, against property and against society. Each state has its own legislation, which allows each state to define hate crime laws and to choose which classification to include in their laws. Hate crimes are usually targeted in…

passengers aboard. Racial profiling has been apart of the law enforcement system for a long time now, and it is nothing that has not been seen. The only reason why people hear more about this topic is due to the use of media, and how it has brought this controversial topic to the public eye a lot more than in the past. The question that has so much controversy, is racial profiling just or bad, and does it actually have an effect on the way law enforcement fight crime. Racial profiling can be…