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  2. Arizona's proof of citizenship law heads back to the courts ...

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    Adam Shaw. September 10, 2024 at 8:09 AM. An Arizona law that requires residents to show proof of citizenship in order to be able to vote in elections is before the courts again on Tuesday after ...

  3. Nationality law - Wikipedia

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    Nationality law is the law of a sovereign state, and of each of its jurisdictions, that defines the legal manner in which a national identity is acquired and how it may be lost. In international law, the legal means to acquire nationality and formal membership in a nation are separated from the relationship between a national and the nation ...

  4. Project 2025 - Wikipedia

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    Project 2025 (also known as the 2025 Presidential Transition Project[3]) is a political initiative published by the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation in 2022. The project aims to promote conservative and right-wing policies to reshape the United States federal government and consolidate executive power, under the premise that Donald ...

  5. United States nationality law - Wikipedia

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    United States nationality law details the conditions in which a person holds United States nationality. In the United States, nationality is typically obtained through provisions in the U.S. Constitution, various laws, and international agreements. Citizenship is established as a right under the Constitution, not as a privilege, for those born ...

  6. US Supreme Court partly revives Arizona's proof of ... - AOL

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    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday revived part of an Arizona voter law requiring documented proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote, in response to a request from the ...

  7. Birthright citizenship in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Citizenship in the United States is a matter of federal law, governed by the United States Constitution.. Since the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on July 9, 1868, the citizenship of persons born in the United States has been controlled by its Citizenship Clause, which states: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the ...

  8. History of laws concerning immigration and naturalization in ...

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    During the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, the United States had limited regulation of immigration and naturalization at a national level. Under a mostly prevailing "open border" policy, immigration was generally welcomed, although citizenship was limited to “white persons” as of 1790, and naturalization subject to five year residency ...

  9. Loss of citizenship - Wikipedia

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    Serving in a foreign military or foreign government. Failure to reaffirm one's citizenship by a certain age (often an age between 18 and 30 years old) Failure to revoke other citizenships by a certain age (e.g. 22 years old in the case of Japan) Such loss of citizenship may take place without the knowledge of the affected citizen, and indeed ...