Here's something to think about on this Fourth of July: If you are born in the United States, citizenship is a birthright, but if you immigrate to this country, the work of the citizenship process ...

“We the people of the United States,” are the first seven words, written in large letters, of the U.S. Constitution, composed in 1787 and formally adopted when ratified by nine states in 1788. It was ...

1790: Congress passes The Naturalization Act of 1790, allowing any free white person of “good character” who had resided in the United States for at least two years to apply for citizenship. Early ...

The first naturalization law was passed in 1790, the year Rhode Island became the final of the original 13 colonies to ratify the Constitution and one year before the Bill of Rights was ratified. "It ...

If you are born in the United States, citizenship is a birthright. But if you immigrate to this country, the work of the citizenship process... How The U.S. Citizenship Oath Came To Be What It Is ...