Assimilation and Citizenship

"Naturalization is the process by which U.S. citizenship is granted to a foreign citizen or national after he or she fulfills the requirements established by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)."
- United States Citizenship and Immigration Service

"The central question of American immigration policy is how this country can help facilitate the emotional attachments of immigrants and citizens alike to the American national community. . ."
- Stanley Renshon, CIS Fellow

Birthright Citizenship

Dual Citizenship

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Excerpt: The Rocha Spy Case: Espionage and Conflicted Loyalty

The Trump administration must require that dual-national officials renounce any second citizenship as a condition of holding a security clearance.

Topics: National Security, Dual Citizenship

Immigration — Rules and Reality

Topics: Assimilation and Citizenship

The Strange Case of ‘Number 8’ on DOJ’s Latest Denaturalization List

Why did DOJ wait to denaturalize a man who was convicted of immigration-related crimes in 2021?

Topics: Assimilation and Citizenship

A ‘Birthright Citizenship’ Exception — From Canada

The pregnant Dutch crown princess and a quickie proclamation of ‘extraterritoriality’

Topics: Canada, Birthright Citizenship

Protecting American Citizenship III: Denaturalization and its Constitutional Limits

Testimony Before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution

Topics: Assimilation and Citizenship

Birthright Citizenship Analysis Ahead of Supreme Court Decision

Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 255

Parsing Immigration Policy

Topics: Birthright Citizenship

Preventing the Naturalization of National Security Threats: The 1798 Solution

Would a longer wait before citizenship give more time to see applicants’ true colors?

Topics: Immigration History, Assimilation and Citizenship

Marco Rubio’s Impromptu WH Remarks, and the Challenge of Assimilation

Barbara Jordan: ‘We must remind ourselves, as we illustrate for newcomers, what makes us America.’

Topics: Assimilation and Citizenship

More on Miami as a Failure of Assimilation

Topics: Florida, Assimilation and Citizenship

Miami: A Failure of the Assimilation Model

Two-thirds of residents speak Spanish at home, including half of the native-born in their 20s

Topics: Florida, Assimilation and Citizenship