United States Nationality Law
Article I, section 8, clause 4 of the United States Constitution expressly gives the United States Congress the power to establish a uniform rule of naturalization. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 sets forth the legal requirements for the acquisition of, and divestiture from, citizenship of the United States. The requirements have become more explicit since the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, with the most recent changes to statutory law having been made by the United States Congress in 2001.
Read more about United States Nationality Law: Acquisition of Citizenship, Dual Citizenship, Nationals Who Are Not Citizens, Citizenship At Birth On The U.S. Territories and Former U.S. Territories, Loss of Citizenship
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