Naturalization of immigrants in the United States is as old as the republic itself and reflects some of the country’s positive and negative history. The Declaration of Independence accused the British ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Behind the scenes The first federal naturalization law came in 1790, when the First Congress provided for citizenship for free, White persons who lived in the U.S. for at least two years. Now, the ...

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 ...