Transcript Becoming a Citizen

Becoming a Citizen
By: Alex V.
And
Juan A.
Fourteenth Amendment
• The Fourteenth Amendment set two of three
basic sources of U.S. citizenship.
• Birth on American soil.
• Second Naturalization
• Third being born o a parent who is a U.S
citizen
“Law of the Soil”
• Grants citizenship to nearly all citizens born in
the United States or American territories.
Citizenship by Birth
• Another method of is automatic citizenship is
birth to an American parent or parents.
Citizenship by Naturalization
• All immigrants who wish to become American
citizens must go through naturalization.
• Citizens by naturalization cannot run for or
become a president or vice president.
Qualifications for Citizenship
• 1. Applicants must have entered the United
States illeally.
• 2. Must a good moral character
• 3. Must declare their support of the principles
of American government.
• 4. Must prove they are able to read, and write
in English.
Steps to Gaining Citizenship
• Must be 18
• Lived in the U.S. legally for 30 months.
• The key steps to in Naturalization process, is a
preliminary hearing in which the applicant is
asked about his/or her moral character.
Collective Naturalization
• Is a process by which members of a whole
group of people, living in the same geographic
area, become citizens by an act of congress.
Losing Citizens
• Only ythe federal government can grant and
take away citizenship.
• By leaving the country or commiting a crime.