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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
official act by which a person is made a national of a country other than his or her native one. In some countries naturalized persons do not necessarily become citizens but may merely acquire a new nationality . There is no such limitation in the United States; the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution declares that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States” and subject to U.S. jurisdiction are citizens. Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution gives Congress the power to enact uniform naturalization laws. These laws require the renunciation of previous national allegiance (see expatriation ). Under the first American statute (1790) all unindentured white males who had lived in the United States for two years might become citizens. The period of residence was lengthened to five years in 1795 and, as a result of xenophobic sentiments then prevalent, to 14 years in 1798. In 1802, the term was reduced to five years, which remains the usual term. The McCarran-Walter Act…
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Full text Article naturalization

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
official act by which a person is made a national of a country other than his or her native one. In some countries naturalized persons do not necessarily become citizens but may merely acquire a new nationality . There is no such limitation in the United States; the Fourteenth Amendment to the…
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From Encyclopedia of American Government and Civics
The United States welcomed an unprecedented...
Naturalization, the process of becoming an American citizen, has been a contentious issue since the founding of the American republic. The first federal naturalization law, passed in 1790, established a resident requirement of two years and allowed for “free white persons” to become citizens in any…
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Full text Article Naturalization

From Encyclopedia of American Studies
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Naturalization is the admission of an alien to the position and privileges of a native-born subject or citizen. In the territories of the United States, as the polity developed from a series of colonies to a settler democracy to a nation of immigrants, laws and practices governing naturalization…
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From American Governance
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Naturalization is the legal process by which a person who immigrates to a country as a noncitizen can become a legally recognized citizen of that country. It therefore stands at the intersection of past and future, stranger and member, and resident and citizen—with all of the political, economic, …
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Full text Article Naturalization Acts

From Encyclopedia of North American Immigration
1790 and 1795 The Naturalization Act of 1790 was the first piece of U.S. federal legislation regarding immigration. It was designed to provide a national rule for the process of naturalization. As a result of varying policies among the states for naturalizing citizens during the 1780s, the U.S. …
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Full text Article naturalize

From The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language
To grant full citizenship to (one of foreign birth). To adopt (something foreign, such as a custom or a word from another language) into general use. To introduce and establish (a species) in an environment to which it is not native: European birds that became naturalized in North America. To…
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Full text Article Naturalization Act, 1802

From Encyclopedia of North American Immigration
1802 When Thomas Jefferson became president, there was a relaxation of the hostility toward immigrants that had prevailed during the administration of John Adams (1797–1801). The Alien and Sedition Acts were repealed or allowed to expire, and Jefferson campaigned for a more lenient naturalization…
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Full text Article CITIZENSHIP AND NATURALIZATION

From Historical Dictionary of Australia
There was no specific, legal provision for Australian citizenship until after Australia Day , 26 January 1949, when the Nationality and Citizenship Act of 1948 came into effect. Before that date, citizenship was derived from being a British subject, a status gained by birth or descent from someone…
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Full text Article U.S. Naturalizations: 2015

From Working Americans: Working Americans 1880-2017: Immigrants
Persons Naturalized: Fiscal Years 1907...
The naturalization process confers U.S. citizenship upon foreign citizens or nationals who have fulfilled the requirements established by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). After naturalization, foreign-born citizens enjoy nearly all the same benefits, rights, and…
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The United States is a nation of immigrants; anthropologists believe that even Native Americans (American Indians) crossed an early land bridge from Asia into North America. Many people who come to the United States choose to keep their citizenship, sometimes as a source of connection to their…
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