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The study of the rights and duties of citizens

a legal member of a state and/or country

Being a member of a country with rights, responsibilities and duties

Everyone born or naturalized in the U.S. is a citizen of the country, as well as the state they live in.

citizenship clause

(14th Amendment) All people born or naturalized in the US are citizens, and have equal treatment under the law.

A legal process to obtain citizenship

Migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there)

A person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there.

The practice of offering your time and services to others without payment

legal permanent resident

Someone who is not a citizen of the United States but who is legally permitted to live here

belonging to a foreign country or nation.

native born citizen

If you were born in the U.S, or if one or both of your parents were U.S citizens.

naturalized citizen

a person who is not born in the U.S. but goes through the legal process of becoming a citizen

you are a U.S. citizen if you were born to a US citizen (mother) anywhere in the world

If you're born in the U.S (on U.S. soil: state, territory, U.S. military base) you are automatically a U.S. citizen.