Birthright citizenship is relatively uncommon. There are 195 countries in the world, and only 30 of them have it — that’s ...

Professor Gabriel Chin talked about whether the initial intent of the 1965 Immigration Act was to diversify America, or if it was an unintended consequence. Professor Chin argued that despite much ...

Republican resistance to easy naturalization will likely backfire It will only drive new citizens to the polls to vote for Democrats ...

The Naturalization Act of 1790 specified that “any alien, being a free white person,” could apply for citizenship, so long as he or she lived in the United States for at least two years, and ...

It wasn’t until the Naturalization Act of 1790 that the federal government developed a cohesive procedure for naturalization.

In 1790 and 1795, Congress enacted naturalization laws that allowed white persons only to apply as two-year residents of “good character” who had “to renounce forever allegiance and fidelity ...

See how immigrants had to play "race roulette" with a biased court system due to the Alien Naturalization Act of 1790, which set the standard for citizenship in America and remained law for 175 years.

Since the Naturalization Act of 1790, immigration has been a consistently contentious issue in American politics. Throughout history, America’s religious leaders have offered guidance and ...

The actions of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists were rooted in a traditional division established by the Naturalization Act of 1790 that viewed citizenship as limited by ethnicity, religion and gender.

The Naturalization Act of 1790 allowed immigrants with just two years of residence in the United States to apply for citizenship.