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 one...

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

The 2020 United States census was the 24th decennial United States census. Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2020. Other...

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

acts by which a U.S. citizen can relinquish that citizenship. Renunciation of United States citizenship is a legal term encompassing two of those acts:...

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:...

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

born in the United States under its jurisdiction and those who have been "naturalized". While domestic documents often use the words citizenship and nationality...

become a United States citizen. The oath may be administered by any immigration judge or any authorized officer of the United States Citizenship and Immigration...