The census is mandated by the US Constitution. “The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term ...

At a time when Indian were not eligible for a US citizenship, Bhicaji Balsara, a textile merchant from Bombay (now Mumbai), fought and won a lengthy legal battle against racist citizenship laws, and ...

It was established in the U.S. by the Fourteenth Amendment, which was adopted in 1868. The Naturalization Act of 1790 granted ...

Immigrant mothers fear their children could live in stateless limbo after the president’s sweeping executive action, Alex Woodward reports ...

Massachusetts elected officials led by Honorable Malo Brown, City Councilor, Springfield City, Massachusetts, will call on his colleagues to join him in casting a historic vote to stand in solidarity ...

The Naturalization Act of 1790 applied to only “free white persons,” but the 14th Amendment that ended slavery in the country also established citizenship for freed Black Americans, as well as “all ...

“We will firmly oppose any efforts to undermine these fundamental rights.” “From the 1790 Naturalization Act to the infamous Dred Scott decision, U.S. citizenship has long been shaped to uphold racial ...

A major colonial grievance against King George III justifying the American Revolution was his “obstructing the laws for naturalization ... the Alien Friends Act of 1798 empowering the president ...