Citizenship of the United States is a legal status that entails Americans with specific rights, duties, protections, and benefits in the United States...

United States citizenship can be acquired by birthright in two situations: by virtue of the person's birth within United States territory or because at...

eligibility for United States passports. Despite widespread belief that Lafayette received honorary citizenship of the United States before Churchill...

The Citizenship Clause is the first sentence of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which was adopted on July 9, 1868, which states:...

born in the United States. As to those born elsewhere who meet the legal requirements for birthright citizenship, the consensus emerging as of 2016 was...

related to citizenship for the 2020 census: "Is this person a citizen of the United States?". For the 2020 census, Ross told Congress the citizenship numbers...

relinquish that citizenship. Renunciation of United States citizenship is a legal term encompassing two of those acts: swearing an oath of renunciation at...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that administers the country's...

automatic citizenship, excluding slaves before the American Civil War. Although there was no actual definition of citizenship in United States law until...

have the status of citizenship. Individuals born in any of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia or almost any inhabited territory are United States...