Essays Tagged: "Citizenship in the United States"

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Passports and Visas)

ernment. A passport is an official government document that certifies a person's identity and their citizenship. It also permits a citizen to travel abroad or through a foreign country; or it can serv ... t can grant abroad traveling in lieu of a passport. In addition to serving as proof of identity and citizenship, it also represents the citizen's allegiance to the United States. A passport may be rev ...

(4 pages) 90 1 5.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

This essay is on what it means to be a citizen of the United States.

orn in, or to a certain place, who is guaranteed certain rights in the place that they were born in.Citizenship in the United States means that a person is a legally recognized member of the nation. E ... receive protection and other services from the governmentNothing is more important to America than citizenship; there is more assurance of our future in the individual character of our citizens than ...

(2 pages) 42 0 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

"The Rights, Responsibilities, and Privileges of A United States Citizen"

sing their right to live in this country, unlike some other countries. Another privilege is passing citizenship on to your children. If you are a citizen and you have children, your children will be c ...

(3 pages) 77 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

Illegal Immigration

ow safe our country really is? If immigrants can elude capture from the border patrol, what is stopping terrorists from doing the same? I believe that illegal immigration has a very bad effect on our ... legal immigration has a very bad effect on our country, and not just because of our border problems.In the next few paragraphs I am going to talk to you about the cons of illegal immigration. I will c ...

(2 pages) 75 1 4.2 Sep/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

Anchor Babies

ble like I did; All they have to do is be born on American soil. I don't agree with this birthright citizenship. I think that, from now on, all illegal aliens should be sent back where they came from ... been freed from slavery and their rights were being denied. Senator Jacob Howard, Co-author of the citizenship clause of the fourteenth Amendment, told the intent of the amendment when he wrote, "Eve ...

(5 pages) 35 0 5.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Citizenship

Citizenship Essay Citizenship is one's conduct as a citizen, the states of a citizen; his duties, ri ... a citizen in the United States when you migrate from another country you will be required to take a citizenship test. These test are a little difficult and sometimes found to be hard to pass. You need ... don't believe you should have to know so much about the different branches of government to receive citizenship from the governement.One good example of good citizenship is obeying the laws. It is ver ...

(2 pages) 37 0 0.0 Jan/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Immigration: A Proposal to Solve Its Problems

compromise would be to develop an immigration process that ultimately leads to foreigners achieving citizenship while proving to the rest of the pre-existing citizens their contribution to the society ... y.The path to achieving citizenship follows a four step progression: jobs, education, language, and citizenship qualification. In all life's tests there is a time factor. Why should the test of citize ...

(4 pages) 101 0 2.5 Jul/2007

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Dual Citizenship And Naturalization Laws

Dual Citizenship and Naturalization Laws Since there can be several ways to acquire a given count ... nder the laws of two or more countries at the same time. This interpretation is what is called Dual Citizenship. The American and French revolution were the events through which national citize ... nd French revolution were the events through which national citizenship gained its significance. As citizenship signified freedom from feudal dominance in the medieval city-state, national citizenship ...

(4 pages) 20 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Political Ideology

WilliamsPOLITICAL IDEOLOGYPolitical ideology is the forefront for political parties and the issues in which they believe in to be more important than the way another party may feel about the same iss ... nt than the way another party may feel about the same issue. This is what makes politics, politics! In class we discussed Liberals, conservatives, populists, and libertarians. Liberals are somewhat mo ...

(2 pages) 3 0 0.0 Nov/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

The Conservative Revolution

uan TranAmerican Nation IIWelkyNov 23, 2014The Conservative RevolutionThere are two types of people in this world: those who call themselves conservatives and others who are liberals. During the 1900s ... ves and others who are liberals. During the 1900s, the public began to see the rise of conservatism in the United States. This period was known as the Conservative Revolution. Gorn stated that Conserv ...

(2 pages) 3 0 0.0 Nov/2014

Subjects: History Term Papers