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.