WHO ARE CITIZENS OF AMERICA

WHO ARE CITIZENS?

• CITIZEN BY BIRTH– BORN TO AMERICAN PARENTS

ANYWHERE– BORN IN AMERICA OR ON AMERICAN

SOIL– COULD HAVE DUAL CITIZENSHIP

• NATURALIZED CITIZENS– IMMIGRATE HERE AND BECOME

CITIZENS THROUGH NATURALIZTION PROCESS

ARE THESE GUYS CITIZENS?

• BILLY IS BORN IN WILMINGTON, NC

• BILLY IS BORN ON A MILITARY BASE IN GERMANY.

• BILLY IS BORN IN HAWAII TO TWO JAPANESE BUSINESS PEOPLE

• BILLY IS BORN IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO A GERMAN DIPLOMAT

6 STEPS TO NATURALIZATION

1. SIGNS DECLARATION OF INTENTION, FILES WITH INS

2. LIVES IN U.S. FOR FIVE YEARS.3. FILE APPLICATION FOR CITIZENSHIP4. INS INTERVIEWS APPLICANT5. PASS CITIZENSHIP EXAM6. PLEDGE AN OATH OF ALLEGIANCE

TAKING THE OATH• I hereby declare, on oath, that I

absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God.

KEY TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH CITIZENSHIP

• INS – IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION

SERVICE

• ALIEN– A NON-CITIZEN

• ILLEGAL ALIENS– A NON-CITIZEN THAT DIDN’T FOLLOW

IMMIGRATION LAWS

KEY TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH CITIZENSHIP

• IMMIGRATION– MOVING INTO ANOTHER COUNTRY– WE ALL IMMIGRATED TO AMERICA– WE ARE A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS

• DEPORTATION– BEING REMOVED FROM COUNTRY

• QUOTAS– NUMERICAL LIMITS OF ALIENS ALLOWED IN

THE COUNTRY• REFUGEES

– INDIVIDUALS PERMITTED IN BECAUSE OF FAMINE OR WAR; ABOVE QUOTAS

HOW DO WE KNOW WHO MAKES UP OUR COUNTRY?

• CENSUS– TAKEN EVERY 10 YEARS– COUNTS POPULATION

• WHICH ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IS BEING PERFORMED BY THE CENSUS?– PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE

• MIGRATION– MOVEMENT WITHIN THE UNITED STATES– FROM RURAL TO CITY; WHY?– FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AFTER CIVIL WAR?

TAKE A GUESS• IS AMERICA GETTING OLDER OR

YOUNGER?

• IS AMERICA MORE RURAL, URBAN, OR SUBURBAN?

• ARE AMERICANS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST OR THE SOUTHWEST?

• ARE THERE MORE WOMEN OR MEN?

• IMPACT?

E PLURIBUS UNUM

• OUT OF MANY, ONE

• MEANING?

• ARE WE A MELTING POT OR A TOSSED SALAD?

WHICH OF THE TWO CARTOONS IS PRO-IMMIGRATION AND WHICH IS ANTI-IMMIGRATION?

HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS?

HOW COULD OUR NATIONAL MOTTO CHANGE IF WE FOLLOWED ANTI-IMMIGRATION LAWS?