USA CITIZENSHIP TEST
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Law of Blood
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Law of Soil
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naturalization
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citizen obligations and responsibilities
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Detailed explanation-1: -Under the 14th Amendment’s Naturalization Clause and the Supreme Court case of United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 US. 649, anyone born on U.S. soil and subject to its jurisdiction is a natural born citizen, regardless of parental citizenship. This type of citizenship is referred to as birthright citizenship.
Detailed explanation-2: -Amendment XIV, Section 1, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution directs that all persons born in the United States are U.S. citizens. This is the case regardless of the tax or immigration status of a person’s parents.
Detailed explanation-3: -A person born abroad in wedlock to two U.S. citizen parents acquires U.S. citizenship at birth under section 301(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), if at least one of the parents had a residence in the United States or one of its outlying possessions prior to the person’s birth.
Detailed explanation-4: -person is born in the United States, some of its territories, or on a U.S. military base, that person is a citizen through what is called the “law of soil”. This method of becoming a citizen does not require the person’s mother or father to be a U.S. citizen.
Detailed explanation-5: -A newborn baby receives U.S. citizenship automatically, but it doesn’t receive all related documents immediately. Parents must formalize documents and receive a birth certificate before leaving the hospital.