AMB 1400 Nationality And Immigration Law Flashcards
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United States Citizens and Nationals have the ______ to enter the US.
Right
Also may NEVER be removed from the US
Aliens seek the _______ of entering and/or remaining in the US.
Privilege
They must demonstrate lawful basis for admission
Who may never be removed or denied entry to the US?
United States Citizens or Nationals
State the two legal principles upon which laws governing the acquisition of US citizenship at birth are based.
At Birth
- Jus Soli (right of the soil) = born in the US AND subject to jurisdiction of US
- Jus Sanguinis (right of the blood) = based on citizenship of parents
Name the sources of authority conferring US citizenship at birth.
Jus Soli (right of the soil) = born in the US AND subject to jurisdiction of US (from 14th amendment and 1866 civil rights)
Jus Sanguinis (right of the blood) = based on citizenship of parents = congress
What does naturalization mean?
Conferring of national of a state upon a person after birth by any means whatsoever
Example: an immigrant (legal permanent resident) “naturalizes” = US grants that alien US citizenship
US Citizenship can be conferred what ways?
At birth: -birth in the US (Jus Soli) -birth outside US to US parent(s) (Jus Sanguinis) After birth: -derived from naturalized US parents -Naturalization -Act of congress
What are acceptable documents to prove US Citizenship?
US passport (constitutes conclusive proof of US citizenship)
US birth certificate
Certificate of citizenship
“Report of birth abroad of a citizen of the US” (FS-240)
Judicial Declaration
What is the definition of a national of the United States?
A person who owes permanent allegiance to the US (includes US citizens)
Remember, all citizens are nationals, but not all nationals are citizens
who are non-citizen US nationals?
Those born in the Outlying Possessions (OLP)
- Swains Island
- American Samoa
What is considered to be “geographically” United States?
Areas “subject to jurisdiction”
- Continental US (lower 48)
- Alaska
- Hawaii
- Puerto Rico
- Guam
- US Virgin Islands
- Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)
What are the current US OLPs (outlying possessions)?
Swains Island
American Samoa
May non-citizen nationals be denied entrance or removed from the US?
NO!
What is the definition of an alien?
A person who is not a US citizen or US national
What are factors in determining US citizenship?
- Location of birth
2. Citizenship of individual parents
When do you use Chart 1 for determining US Citizenship?
Child born outside the US, in wedlock, to at least one US Citizen
Wedlock = at any time prior to the child’s birth the mother married the child’s biological father
When do you use Chart 2 for determining US Citizenship?
Child born outside the US, not in wedlock, to at least one US Citizen
Not in wedlock = not lawfully married (unmarried mother, or bigamous, polygamous, or adulterous relationship)
When do you use Chart 3 for determining US Citizenship?
Child, who is a legal permanent resident, and born to parents who naturalized after child’s birth (before turning 18/21)
operative even is later of date child became a legal permanent resident (LPR) or date the parent naturalized
Born outside the US as a lawful permanent resident, regardless of wedlock, to alien parents and at least one parents has naturalized
A child was born today to alien parents in Minot, North Dakota. Is the child a US citizen or an alien? Why?
Yes, born in the US AND born subject to US jurisdiction = jus soli
A child was born out of wedlock on June 6, 1960, to a Mexican female alien who was residing illegally in the US. Is the child a US citizen or an alien? Why?
US citizen, born in the US AND subject to US jurisdiction = jus soli
Is the Prime Minister of Spain subject to our jurisdiction, for nationality law purposes, when he is on an official visit to this country?
No, official visits are an exception to being born subject to US jurisdiction
Is the ambassador to the Unites States from Belize subject to our jurisdiction for nationality law purposes?
No, ambassadors are not subject to US jurisdiction
Is a Consular Officer from Italy stationed in the United States subject to our jurisdiction for nationality law purposes?
Yes, not on “blue list”
Is the state owned warship used to transport the Prime Minister of Canada subject to our jurisdiction for nationality law purposes?
No, alien warships permitted to enter port are not subject to US jurisdiction