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The article discusses the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 and its impact on foreign-born adoptions. It highlights the history of Korean adoption, particularly during the Korean War, and the challenges faced by adoptees who did not acquire U.S. citizenship. The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 aimed to address this issue but did not cover individuals who were over 18 at the time. The proposed Adoptee Citizenship Act and the Equal Citizenship for Children Act of 2023 seek to grant citizenship to adoptees regardless of age. However, the passage of these acts remains uncertain. The article emphasizes the importance of understanding this aspect of immigration law and supporting adoptees' right to stay in the United States. [Extracted from the article]

"Passportization" is an extraterritorial coercive state practice and a form of forced "naturalization by application." Forced naturalization in annexed territories is essentially territorial, as Russia claims the annexed territories as its own and automatically considers all residents as Russian citizens ("automatic naturalization"). Distinguishing between the two different institutional frameworks of occupation and annexation and the degree of coercion, this analysis identifies four modi of passportization and forced naturalization of Ukrainians for the period 2014-2023 in which individuals' potential for agency and choice in acquiring or rejecting Russian citizenship--and thus their responsibility and, by extension, potential criminal liability--has differed markedly. Ukrainian political debates among elites and the views of the population show that it remains controversial how to respond to Russia's policy of forced naturalization. This analysis argues that the starting point for tailoring transitional justice measures in the area of citizenship should be these different degrees of agency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the internment of Anglo-Hungarian painter Philip de László during the First World War after being accused of being a spy. It explored the acquisition of British citizenship by de László, the concerns raised by the British Security Service (MI5) over his contacts such as Unitarian Minister Frederick Hankinson and Zionist William Hechler, and the interrogation of de László by the MI5 after he was taken into custody in 1917.

The article focuses on the strategies used by the political Right to justify inequality. It discusses two common rhetorical theses employed by the Right: sublimation, which associates transcendent qualities with certain individuals or classes to justify their superior status & naturalization, which argues that natural inequalities in talent and capability justify social hierarchies; and ways for the Right to maintain and defend privilege and power while shaping their vision of the future.

The US Supreme Court allowed Virginia to remove approximately 1,600 residents from its voter rolls, with the court's decision reflecting ideological divisions. The removal was aimed at eliminating noncitizens from the rolls, following concerns raised by President Donald Trump about widespread voting by non-citizens. While the order is not a final ruling, eligible voters who were removed will have the opportunity to re-register and vote on Election Day. The case highlights the ongoing debate over voter registration processes and the protection of eligible voters' rights. [Extracted from the article]

Virginia has requested the US Supreme Court to allow the state to resume its voter roll purge, which was halted by lower courts before the presidential election. The program, initiated by Governor Glenn Youngkin, aimed to remove foreign nationals ineligible to vote but resulted in the cancellation of approximately 1,600 Virginians' voter registrations. Advocacy groups, including the Voting Rights Project, have challenged the program, arguing that it may prevent eligible citizens from voting. The Supreme Court has requested responses from the Justice Department and advocacy groups, with Virginia urging a swift ruling due to the impending deadline to reinstate removed voters. [Extracted from the article]

A recent study highlighted in Defense One reveals that immigrants in the U.S. are more willing to fight for their country compared to native-born citizens. The study, conducted by researchers from various institutions, suggests that Western militaries may increasingly recruit immigrants to address recruitment shortfalls. The survey also indicates that immigrants are more civic-minded and oriented towards public service, contradicting some negative stereotypes perpetuated by certain political figures. [Extracted from the article]

The Federal Office forMigration and Refugees (BAMF) provides informationabout the naturalization test and a sample test online. Many people who come to Germany also want to applyfor citizenship at some point, which entitles one to live,vote, and run for political office in Germany. To pass the naturalization test, applicants can eithertake a naturalization course or prepare for the test ontheir own. [Extracted from the article]

Fabio Panetta, a member of the European Central Bank Governing Council, has stated that European countries, including Italy, should allow economic migration in order to address the challenges posed by aging populations and promote sustainable growth. Panetta emphasized the need for coordinated management of regular migration within the European Union, taking into account productive needs, social equilibrium, and integration of foreign citizens into the education system and labor market. He also highlighted Italy's economic weaknesses and the importance of addressing issues such as competition, productivity, employment, and migratory policies. Panetta's remarks come amidst debates within Italy's governing coalition regarding citizenship rights. [Extracted from the article]

The coalition partners in Italy's government, led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, are in disagreement over who should be eligible for Italian citizenship. Matteo Salvini's right-wing League criticized Forza Italia, a more centrist party, for supporting a proposal to grant citizenship to non-citizens who have completed most of their education in Italy. The League argues that the current law is sufficient and does not need to be changed. This clash highlights the differences between the two coalition partners on various issues, including migration and integration. Italy has strict citizenship laws, but exceptions are made for individuals with Italian ancestry. Despite these restrictions, a significant number of individuals with migrant backgrounds became citizens in 2022. The debate on citizenship gained attention during the Paris Olympics, where Italian athletes of foreign descent achieved success. However, this celebration was marred by vandalism targeting a mural honoring one of these athletes, Paola Egonu, who is of Nigerian descent. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the life and law practice of Ghanaian-American immigration lawyer Kwabena Larbi-Siaw, with particular focus on his experiences with the U.S. immigration system. Topics explored include his significant interest in becoming an American citizen, the relocation of his family from Ghana to the U.S. in 1986 and his naturalization in 2015, and the services being offered by his immigration law firm to asylum-seekers.

The article discuses collection of images of genealogical documents owned and operated by archive Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and mentions dynasties that boasted of sacred or supernatural ancestors. Topics include importance of lineage reflected by Old Testament, genealogical authority shifted from religious and family figures to officials who certify license marriage, birth and deaths, and rulings about naturalization on pseudoscientific association between race and ancestry,.

The article focuses on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told us just what he thinks of immigration law, and the men and women who enforce it, when leftists claimed that mounted Border Patrol agents "whipped" Haitian illegal aliens near Del Rio, Texas, in September 2021. Topics include the photos of the "whipping" zoomed across social media, and the Cuban immigrant swiftly denounced the agents and all but declared them guilty.

FOR CENTURIES IMMIGRANTS WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY COULD BECOME AMERICAN CITIZENS. BUT ARE THE WOMEN AND MEN PICTURED HERE AMONG THE LAST?ON A SWELTERING summer morning in downtown Los [...]

Wong Kim Ark was bornin San Francisco to parents whowere both Chinese citizens residingin America. THE LEGAL ANGLE The month of May isAsian American andPacific Islander (AAPI)Heritage Month in theUnited States. His case reached the U.S.Supreme Court, which held that,because Wong was born in theUnited States and his parentswere not "employed in any diplomaticor official capacity underthe Emperor of China", the CitizenshipClause of the 14thAmendment automatically madehim a U.S. citizen. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses how the traditional oath of allegiance in the U.S. was understood in relation to American citizenship. Topics covered include the Supreme Court's decision in the case Afroyim v. Rusk which found voting in a foreign election to be consistent with American citizenship, reason that political theorists used to think dual citizenship as a dangerous thing, and varieties of dual citizenship.

The article discusses Pietro Pazzi, a Swiss national who moved to London, England and became a naturalized British citizen in 1896. He was born in 1848 the Semione, in the Swiss Canton of Ticino, was well educated, and in 1870 he left his village for England, possibly to avoid the Franco-Prussian War. He began Pazzi's Restaurant in 1874 near Finsbury Park near an subway station. Notable people discussed include revolutionary Angelo Castioni who was a sculptor and radical Stefano Gatti. Pazzi's will and estate are considered.

JetBlue Airways Corp. CEO Robin Hayes will step down in February and be replaced by Joanna Geraghty, who will become the first female CEO of JetBlue and the first woman to lead a major US air carrier. Hayes' departure comes at a critical time for JetBlue as it awaits a federal judge's ruling on its pending acquisition of Spirit Airlines. The airline has faced challenges in recent years, including a failed partnership with American Airlines and a decline in its stock price. Bank of America has downgraded JetBlue's stock rating due to concerns about competition, engine issues, and the fate of the Spirit acquisition. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on the Hillsboro (OR) Public Library (HPL) that has hosted naturalization ceremonies. Topics discussed include assessment of writing abilities and English reading that is involved in the U.S. naturalization interview, how public libraries are related to democracy in action, and local partnerships that include local law enforcement agency.

Reports on the General Accounting Office's (GAO) issuance of a report on the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service's (INS) that laid bare the Justice Department agency's negligence. Incidents involving the INS I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, the most commonly requested of INS forms; Resignation of senior INS attorney Raymond M. Momboisse after making a 22-page memo in which he described the agency as "totally disorganized"; Forced resignation of INS Director Alan C. Nelson following an audit by the Justice Department.

Focuses on the flaws of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, also known as the McCarran-Walter Act which still serves as the basic charter of U.S. immigration policies. Scope and application of the act; Powers and responsibilities of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.

This sworn oath, as with any oath, is not just words on a page. It also tests the fidelity of the affiant as to the acceptance of office, or the exercise of the functions of any office whatever.... I doubt if there be one member South who desires the honorable distinction of having it forever recalled that he was confederate and others Federal.... The reason for the oath exists no longer; therefore, let the oath die. 14 Others, however, saw the oath as obstructing the reconstruction of the southern states, partly because some southern political leaders would not take the oath and thereby disaffirm their previous loyalty to the Confederacy. Dicta Dicta By h on. a lan s. t rust 1 H aving had the privilege of presiding over many naturalization ceremonies, both before and during the pandemic, I have administered the oath of citizenship to thousands of new American citizens. [Extracted from the article]

Presents letters to the editor. Discussion on foreigners naturalized in the U.S.; Comments on an article on Episcopal Church.

This article focuses on prevailing political conditions in the U.S. and around the world, as of June 10, 1897. According to a official dispatch from Washington D.C. negotiations are going on between the U.S. and Spain for a new naturalization treaty. Such a treaty would stop the naturalized U.S. citizens, who are really Cubans by birth and residence, but who take out mock naturalization papers in order to get protection from the U.S. when they foment disturbances against their own government or get into trouble of any kind. Another development focuses on the subject of expert medical testimony. The homeopaths have since taken the matter up, and have, with the aid of some well-known members of the bar, prepared a bill on the subject.

For more information on this research see: Asian American Surgery: A Short History of Immigration, Naturalization, and Refugee Laws and Policies that Brought Asians to America. Keywords: Asia; Health and Medicine; Legal Issues; Surgery EN Asia Health and Medicine Legal Issues Surgery 1486 1486 1 11/06/23 20231110 NES 231110 2023 NOV 12 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week -- A new study on agriculture is now available. [Extracted from the article]

The article retraces the path of Manya Hartmayer, a German-born Jewish woman who survived five Nazi concentration camps, from the railroad tracks to the Emergency Refugee Shelter at Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York during World War II. Historical information is provided about the conversion of the fort into a shelter for refugees, occupations selected by the War Refugee Board to work at the shelter, and the return of some refugees to Europe and naturalization of other refugees in the U.S.

The article discusses the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) which stated that a blood relationship is required between a child and American parents for the latter to obtain a passport. Topics discussed include the impact of the policy to couples who opted to use reproductive technology, the biological and legal connotations of naturalization and the use of marital status to establish the genetic link between parents and their children before the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

The author reflects on being a naturalized citizen of the U.S. and his efforts to uphold his Vietnamese roots. He describes the significance of his decision to retain his Vietnamese name even after his naturalization, as well as the challenge he faced when naming his son, whose citizenship is natural as he was born in the U.S. He also discusses ways of being Vietnamese despite his inability to speak the language perfectly.

Switzerland was an important country of immigration for Austrians in the 20th century. Based on the biographical narratives and accounts of five Austrian men and women who moved to Switzerland between 1959 and 1972, this article focuses on three factors: the circumstances leading to this permanent move, integration into the host society, and transculturality. In the cases discussed here, individual circumstances were sufficiently heterogeneous to argue that the decision to move was not exclusively driven by economic considerations. Integration in the host society is analyzed in terms of narratives about the naturalization process, the right of foreigners to vote, and various experiences of discrimination. Factors that helped in the integration process included language, family, and career. Finally, actors in transcultural spaces can feel they belong to several cultures at once. In addition to cultivating social contacts, the continued connectedness of these eyewitnesses to Austrian culture is expressed in their ongoing interest in political and social issues, as well as in Austrian cuisine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aida Demetrio clutches the small card while waiting to clear immigration at Newark airport. FILAMSPEAK: The proposed "speaking section" of the naturalization test: Will it hurt immigrants? Immigration lawyers interviewed by The FilAm see the proposed changes as tightening the standards of the test, and this may further discourage people like Aida from ever taking the exam. [Extracted from the article]

Thirteen years ago, the U.S. Justice Department under President Ronald Reagan has created a secret taskforce to address immigration and terrorism. The Alien Border Control Committee was directed to develop ways to deport "PLO activists who have violated their visa status," and to do so "while protecting classified information?" Six months after the Alien Border Control Committee's formation, the Immigration and Naturalization Service followed its blueprint, arresting eight "PLO activists" in Los Angeles, detaining them in a maximum-security prison and seeking their deportation.

The article offers information on the dual citizenship issue in Australia and how the country's monarchy and High Court judges find a solution to such case. It discusses the ruling and insight of Governor-General William Deane in relation to two dual nationals in the Sykes v. Cleary case as well as provides information about section 44 of the Constitution and a clear authority for the objective interpretation of the citizenship limb in the country.

The article offers news brief related to chapters of the Federal Bar Association (FBA) as of December 2017. Topics discussed include Mississippi Chapter hosted U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge E. Grady Jolly for luncheon, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio has held an outdoor public naturalization ceremony and P. Michael Mahoney Chapter co-hosted its annual spring continuing legal education (CLE) on bankruptcy law.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience as a British student applying for U.S. citizenship and finally receiving her Certificate of Naturalization.

The article highlights that World Bank President Ajay Banga has been named in the prestigious "Great Immigrants" list of honorees for his contributions and actions that have enriched America and its democracy. Topics include his transformative policies at the World Bank, his career journey, and the significance of the "Great Immigrants" initiative in honoring naturalized citizens.

The article focuses on several articles published in the previous issues of the periodical on migration and immigration policy. Topics discussed include Congress passes Public Law 414 as Immigration and Nationality Act with purposes of removing racial bars to naturalization and immigration, Immigration Reform and Control Act with debate over immigration laws and avoidable errors in its immigration system on a border defense strategy.

When Denmark resigned the duchies, the inhabitants of the ceded region were allowed to choose whether they wished to remain Danish or to become Prussian citizens. About 50,000 persons, mostly young men, left their homes. Many went to the U.S. and others went to Denmark, hoping to return when their homes were again a part of the Danish realm. Though this hope was doomed to disappointment, many of these optants, gradually drifted back to take up their work and their farms. Many were refused admittance to the German land and more were denied re-naturalization.