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  2. Birthright citizenship in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 January 2025. Person's acquisition of United States citizenship by virtue of the circumstances of birth For laws regarding U.S. citizenship, see United States nationality law. For U.S. citizenship (birthright and naturalized), see Citizenship of the United States. United States citizenship and ...

  3. Sovereign citizen movement - Wikipedia

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    Example illustration of a sovereign citizen homemade license plate. The sovereign citizen movement (also SovCit movement or SovCits) [1] is a loose group of anti-government activists, vexatious litigants, tax protesters, financial scammers, and conspiracy theorists found mainly in English-speaking common law countries—the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

  4. What the 14th Amendment says about birthright citizenship - AOL

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    Despite the promises and protections of citizenship, Lee says it is abundantly clear that different racial groups were, and often are, seen as unable or unworthy to function as true American citizens.

  5. Natural-born-citizen clause (United States) - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 2025. Clause of the US Constitution specifying natural born US citizenship to run for President Status as a natural-born citizen of the United States is one of the eligibility requirements established in the United States Constitution for holding the office of president or vice president. This ...

  6. Citizenship of the United States - Wikipedia

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    It is possible for a United States citizen to have dual citizenship; this can be achieved in various ways, such as by birth in the United States to a parent who is a citizen of a foreign country (or in certain circumstances the foreign nationality may be transmitted even by a grandparent) by birth in another country to a parent(s) who is/are a ...

  7. Oath of Allegiance (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The Naturalization Act of 1795 added renunciation of the new citizen's former sovereign to the oath. The Naturalization Act of 1906 added the section of the oath requiring new citizens to defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; and bear true faith and allegiance to the same.

  8. Citizenship Clause - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 January 2025. There is 1 pending revision awaiting review. First sentence of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution 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: All ...

  9. United States nationality law - Wikipedia

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    For any child born after November 14, 1986 to a non-US citizen mother and a US citizen the father, the father has to 1) agree to financially support the child, and before the child reaches 18 years of age 2.A) prove in court a biological relationship, or 2.B) formally legitimize the child, or 2.C) officially confirm in a signed and sworn ...