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United States citizens have the right to enter and leave the United States freely. Certain non-citizens, such as permanent residents, have similar rights. Unlike permanent residents, United States citizens do not have an obligation to maintain residence in the United States – they can leave for any length of time and return freely at any time.
Nationality defines the legal relationship between a person and a state or nation, specifying who is a member or subject of a particular nation. [3] [4] [5] The rights and obligations of citizenship are defined by this relationship, as well as the protections to which nationals are entitled.
Permanent residency is a person's legal resident status in a country or territory of which such person is not a citizen but where they have the right to reside on a permanent basis. This is usually for a permanent period; a person with such legal status is known as a permanent resident.
Most countries with restricted birthright citizenship have conditions that broadly depend on either the legal residency status of at least one of the child’s parents, the residency of the child ...
A green card, known officially as a permanent resident card, is an identity document which shows that a person has permanent residency in the United States. [1] [2] Green card holders are formally known as lawful permanent residents (LPRs).
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, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
Trump's odd claim is that a child born in the United States without at least one parent who is a lawful permanent resident or U.S. citizen is not "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States ...
Priority is given to non-immediate relatives of U.S. citizens (there is no cap on green cards for adult citizens' spouses, parents or children) and relatives of lawful permanent residents.