It was established in the U.S. by the Fourteenth Amendment, which was adopted in 1868. The Naturalization Act of 1790 granted ...

Immediately after assuming office as the 47th President of the United States on January 20, Donald Trump signed an executive order that will drastically alter US citizenship laws when it comes ...

Immigrant mothers fear their children could live in stateless limbo after the president’s sweeping executive action, Alex Woodward reports ...

Massachusetts elected officials led by Honorable Malo Brown, City Councilor, Springfield City, Massachusetts, will call on his colleagues to join him in casting a historic vote to stand in solidarity ...

At a time when Indian were not eligible for a US citizenship, Bhicaji Balsara, a textile merchant from Bombay (now Mumbai), fought and won a lengthy legal battle against racist citizenship laws, and ...

The systemic discrimination and denial of rights against American citizens of color, and Liberians are a direct result of American policies, dating back to the Nationality Act of 1790. The U.S ...

The Naturalization Act of 1790 excluded Native American Indians from citizenship, considering them, paradoxically, as “domestic foreigners.” They were not accorded rights of citizenship until ...

“We will firmly oppose any efforts to undermine these fundamental rights.” “From the 1790 Naturalization Act to the infamous Dred Scott decision, U.S. citizenship has long been shaped to uphold racial ...

In 1790, the Naturalization Act allowed “any free white person” of good character who resided “within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States for at least two years” to ...

A major colonial grievance against King George III justifying the American Revolution was his “obstructing the laws for naturalization ... the Alien Friends Act of 1798 empowering the president ...