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

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    The United States Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787. Article I, section 8, clause 4 of the Constitution expressly gives the United States Congress the power to establish a uniform rule of naturalization. [6] Pursuant to this power, Congress in 1790 passed the first naturalization law for the United States, the Naturalization Act of ...

  3. Ideological restrictions on naturalization in U.S. law

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    In 1987, the passage of section 901 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act temporarily stopped many deportations based on speech or association, namely those "any past, current or expected beliefs, statements, or associations which, if engaged in by a United States citizen in the United States, would be protected under the Constitution of ...

  4. Citizenship Clause - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 January 2025. 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 persons born or naturalized in the United States ...

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

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    In order to better understand this part of the 14th Amendment, we turned to a pair of experts in constitutional and immigration law: Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution ...

  6. United States nationality law - Wikipedia

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    [132] [133] They cannot be tried for crimes committed elsewhere, thus are denaturalized for immigration violations, and once they become aliens, ordered deported. [131] The process of denaturalization is a legal procedure which results in nullifying nationality. [131] Based upon the 1943 Supreme Court decision of Schneiderman v.

  7. Justice Department sues Oklahoma over a new immigration law

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    The Oklahoma law states that it will protect the health, safety, welfare and constitutional rights of the state's citizens and that immigrants in the U.S. illegally could pose potential harm to ...

  8. Immigration policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Immigration and Nationalization Service was split into the Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Customs and Border Protection. [2] The Real ID Act of 2005 placed restrictions on individuals applying for asylum, and the Secure Fence Act of 2006 began the process of building a fence across the ...

  9. NC immigration bill pits sheriffs against the Constitution ...

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    The detention would provide a window for agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, otherwise known as ICE, to take the detainees into federal custody for possible deportation.