HOME
Topics
and Concepts in the Constitution
Topics
listed by article and amendment
Full
list of topics
General
resources
Full
text of the Constitution
Resource(s)
on Becoming a citizen
THOMAS (Legislative Information)
|
|
Topic:
Becoming a citizen |
| Annotation:
The power to determine the process for becoming a citizen was given to Congress in section 8 of Article One of the Constitution. The process of becoming a citizen is known as naturalization. Since the process of becoming a citizen is left to Congress and not described in the Constitution, there have been numerous changes in the rules of naturalization over the years.
|
|
|
Citation
and Text from the Constitution:
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4
(The Congress shall have Power) To establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
|
|
Amendment 14, Section 1
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. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
