US Citizenship

Hearkening Back to the USSR

Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar | Posted 05.24.2012

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The U.S. must make itself attractive to its citizens, rather than penalize them for wanting to leave for more attractive destinations like Singapore.

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So Eduardo Saverin Wants to Be a Singapore Citizen?

Kirsten Han | Posted 05.14.2012

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Honestly, whether Saverin becomes a Singapore citizen or not makes very little difference to the average Singaporean. His life here is so vastly different from ours that he might as well be living on Mars.

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Facebook Co-Founder May Have Sidestepped Taxes By Dropping U.S. Citizenship

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 05.11.2012

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One of Facebook's billionaire co-founders may have found a way to sidestep taxes on the money he’ll get when the social network goes public later th...

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Just In Time For IPO Tax Break: Facebook Co-Founder Renounces U.S. Citizenship

TechCrunch | Posted 05.11.2012

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Well that’s some slick timing. Eduardo Saverin, who is best known for co-founding Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg back in their college days at Harvar...

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How DREAMers Made Me Reconceptualize My Citizenship

Laura E. Enriquez | Posted 04.09.2012

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One way of re-framing citizenship, while radical, could be to associate formal citizenship with citizen-like action or civic engagement. What if we assigned citizenship based on one's actions rather than something a person cannot control?

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WATCH: Lifesaving Surgeon Handed Citizenship By Immigration Officer Patient

AP | TAMARA LUSH | Posted 05.14.2012

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TAMPA, Fla. — An otherwise routine citizenship ceremony was extra special Wednesday for a Florida immigration officer who presented a naturaliza...

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US Puts A New Price On Passports And Citizenzhip

AP | By MATTHEW LEE | Posted 02.03.2012

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. citizenship is priceless to some, worthless to others. But now the State Department has a dollar figure: U.S. citizenship is worth ...

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Time to End Birthright Citizenship?

Howard Foster | Posted 03.28.2012

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Some legal scholars believe Congress cannot make this change by statute because of the Wong Kim Ark decision. I disagree, because that case did not concern the child of an illegal immigrant.

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Only In America...

Dorian de Wind | Posted 03.13.2012

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If I had to choose a single event that forever changed my outlook on life for the better, it probably would be one which occurred less than a year after I arrived in America and just after I turned 18.

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Deportation Loophole Lets Thousands Live And Work In U.S. Indefinitely

Posted 11.29.2011

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John has been slated for deportation -- for the last 20 years. The U.S. government renews his work permit annually. He has a driver’s license, and...

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WATCH: Can Conan Pass A U.S. Citizenship Test?

Posted 11.07.2011

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It's no secret that the United States citizenship test is tough. After all, it's designed to ensure applicants have a firm understanding of how Americ...

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Alabama Immigration Law Blocked By Federal Judge

AP | By JAY REEVES | Posted 10.29.2011

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of Alabama's new law cracking down on illegal immigration, ruling Monday that she ...

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U.S. Naturalization Ceremony Evokes Memories of 50 Years ago

Dorian de Wind | Posted 10.07.2011

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As we hurriedly walk in the scorching San Antonio, Texas, heat to the Scottish Rite Auditorium, my thoughts go back to a much cooler day about 50 years ago when I became an American citizen.

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Legal Immigration Reform: White House Pushes Skilled Worker Visas

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Wagner | Posted 10.03.2011

In a bid to spur job creation and promote startups, the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services has announced new ef...

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Israel's Central Banker Disqualified From IMF Race

Posted 08.14.2011

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JERUSALEM (AP)— Israel's central banker, a former No. 2 at the International Monetary Fund, has been disqualified from the race for the group's top ...

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Arizona Legislature Approves Presidential 'Birther' Bill

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 06.14.2011

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PHOENIX — The Arizona Legislature gave final approval late Thursday night to a proposal that would require President Barack Obama and other presiden...

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WATCH: Obama Takes On Birthers

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 06.14.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says Republicans who are sowing doubts about whether he is American-born may gain politically in the short t...

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Dream Lives For Immigration Reform

Diane Dimond | Posted 05.25.2011

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Our procrastinating Congress ended the first half of its 111th session by once again failing to pass the so-called DREAM Act. The act could have become the first brave and concrete step on the arduous road to immigration reform.

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More Rich Americans Renounce U.S. Citizenship over Taxes

DailyFinance | JONATHAN BERR | Posted 05.25.2011

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As many as 743 people with American citizenship or legal resident status renounced their U.S. citizenship in 2009 -- three times as many as in 2008 --...

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106-Year-Old Woman Becomes U.S. Citizen

NBC Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011

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It had been a long time coming and she needed a little help, but Ingacia Moya raised her right hand Monday morning and made a long-awaited dream come ...

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Wall Street Journal Immigration Debate Is Deaf to Facts and Logic

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 05.25.2011

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The immigration debate goes this way in America. Those deaf to facts and logic speak loud enough to keep mute those who actually know.

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New Chinese Export: Babies

Robert Weller | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wealthy Chinese are increasingly sending pregnant mothers to the U.S. so their infants will have the right to U.S. citizenship.

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Congressional Sparring Ignores Practical Reasons For Miranda

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

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The consequences of not reading rights to terrorist suspects that we later want to prosecute are now on display at the military commissions in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. And it's not looking good for the government.

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N.C. Native Wrongly Deported To Mexico

Charlotte Observer | Kristin Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

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The U.S. government admitted in April that it had wrongly deported an N.C. native, but newly released documents show that federal investigators ignore...

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Behind the Screwy Obama Birth Certificate Controversy

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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At first glance it defied credulity that the... Chicago Tribune would do something as screwball as giving any credence to the issue of whether... Obama is really a U.S. citizen or not.

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