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NEWS ABOUT: US citizenship

US citizenship stories: 12 news summaries

 Iran Accuses 
 American Hikers 
 of Espionage 

Opinion on 3 arrested in July 'in the not distant future:' prosecutor

Nov 9, 09 8:23 AM CST
(AP) - The three American hikers detained by Iran in July have been accused of espionage, a senior Iranian prosecutor says. The three, who the US maintains were on a hiking vacation in Iraq when they accidentally strayed across the poorly-marked border, "have been accused" and the investigation is ongoing, he... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Tehran • espionage • Americans • border crossing • US citizenship • hikers • Shane Bauer • Sarah Shourd

(Newser) - The birther movement may have conservatives whipped into a hopeful frenzy that President Obama was born abroad, but Hawaiian officials have had just about enough of that, the AP reports. Top state health officials have again produced Obama's birth certificate. I "have seen the original vital records maintained on... More »

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Barack Obama • Hawaii • US citizenship • President Obama • birth certificate • birther

Congressman Calls for End
to 'Birthright Citizenship'

Says policy encourages illegal immigration

May 26, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Georgia Congressman wants an end to a US policy granting citizenship to anyone born on American shores, the AP reports. “Birthright citizenship” granted by the 14th Amendment, helps fuel illegal immigration, says Republican Nathan Deal, who’s running for governor. But immigration advocates argue that a change wouldn’... More »

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immigration • Georgia • illegal immigration • US citizenship • Nathan Deal

Iran to Hear Detained Journo's Appeal Next Week

Iranian officials continue to deny that Saberi is on hunger strike

May 5, 09 3:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi will get her chance to overturn or lighten an 8-year prison sentence for spying early next week, when an Iranian court will hear her appeal, Reuters reports. Saberi’s father said the 32-year-old is “very weak,” having been on hunger strike for two weeks.... More »

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Iran • espionage • journalist • spying • hunger strike • US citizenship • detention • Roxana Saberi

 US Citizenship 
 Requests Tumble 

Come on, why wouldn't you want to live here?

Mar 16, 09 7:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - It seems fewer people want to hop into the American melting pot these days, as applications for citizenship have fallen off a cliff, the Dallas Morning News reports. After receiving a record 1.4 million requests from legal residents looking to becoming naturalized in fiscal year 2007, US Citizenship... More »

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immigration • Citizenship and Immigration Services • US citizenship

OPINION

 Mexican 
 Kidnappers 
 Menace Yanks 


Mar 8, 09 8:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican drug gangs are increasingly targeting Americans, kidnapping them in border towns and, even more disturbingly, US cities like Las Vegas and even Atlanta, Mary A. Fischer writes in Men’s Journal. Ironically, higher post-9/11 border security and Mexico's crackdown on drug cartels has hurt drug sales, forcing competing... More »

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Mexico • kidnapping • Mexican border • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • US citizenship

US Military Woos Recruits With Citizenship Offer

Armed forces to recruit temporary immigrants

Feb 15, 09 7:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Aiming to swell its ranks as it fights two wars, the US military will offer skilled temporary immigrants who enlist a shot at becoming citizens in just six months, the New York Times reports. Immigrants with temporary visas who have been in the US at least two years will now... More »

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US military • recruitment • immigrant • US citizenship

1M New
Citizens Break
Century Record

Fee increase helps immigration service clear huge backlog

Nov 7, 08 3:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Over a million new American citizens took the oath of allegiance last year—the highest number since the government began keeping records a century ago, reports CNN. The number of people going through the naturalization process has been steadily climbing for decades. The clearing of a major 2007 backlog—along... More »

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citizenship • Department of Homeland Security • naturalization • immigrant • USA • US citizenship

Lost Children of Vietnam War Seek Their Place

Amerasians, shunted aside in both cultures, want citizenship

Oct 10, 08 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some American servicemen left children behind when they came home from Vietnam and Korea, and those Amerasians, now in their 30s and 40s, are stuck between two cultures that don't fully accept them. "I am not a refugee, but I am being treated as one," says a member... More »

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immigration • US troops • Vietnam War • Korean War • US citizenship • Asian-Americans • Amerasians • biracial

 Citizenship Fees Up, 
 Applications Down 

59% decline seen after charge to would-be citizens rises from $400 to $675

Sep 10, 08 11:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Higher fees for immigrants seeking US citizenship could be responsible for a drop in applications, USA Today reports. The fee went from $400 to $675 last summer; applications are down almost 60% in the first 6 months of 2008, compared to the same period last year. “The expense... More »

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United States • Citizenship and Immigration Services • immigrant • Federal government • US citizenship • budget shortfall • application fee

Citizen Glitch Makes Mac Ineligible to Be Prez: Expert

He's no natural-born American, prof argues

Jul 11, 08 3:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain does not meet the constitutional requirement to be president because he's technically not a natural-born US citizen, a legal professor has concluded. But the expert, who focused on an obscure 1937 law that made McCain a citizen in the months after his birth in the Panama Canal Zone,... More »

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John McCain • citizenship • constitution • US citizenship • Panama Canal Zone

FBI Bails on Immigrant Probes as Backlogs Mount

Backlog means immigrants will be granted residency before background checks

Feb 12, 08 4:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Immigration officials are expected to grant green cards to tens of thousands of aliens before required FBI background checks, because the Department of Homeland Security is struggling under a ballooning backlog, McClatchy Newspapers reports. Background checks would be performed after immigrants are granted residency, which could be revoked if problems... More »

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FBI • Citizenship and Immigration Services • Department of Homeland Security • background check • green card • immigrant • permanent residency • Center for Immigration Studies • US citizenship

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