Losing Citizenship:
American can lose their citizenship in three (3) Ways:
1.) Expatriation = Someone who gives his/ or her loyalty to a foreign country is expatriated.
EXAMPLE:
= Is a person who chooses to become a naturalized citizen of another country.
2.) Denaturalization = Naturalized citizens who are discovered to have lied on their citizenship application are denaturalized They lose their citizenship and maybe deported, or sent back to their own country.
3.) Being Convicted of Certain Crimes = Any one convicted of any of three serious crimes can lose citizenship. These crimes are treason, taking part in a rebellion, or using violence to try to overthrow the government.
= Only the federal government can grant citizenship or take it away. However, States can deny, or take away, some privileges of citizenship.
EXAMPLE:
= States can take away the right to vote from some criminals, But states cannot take away that criminals citizenship.
Summary:
1.) Constructing An Argument:
The Constitution says that only ¨Natural Born Citizens can become president of the united states.
Should the Constitution be amended to allow naturalized citizens to become president as well?
Write your ESSAY on a separate sheet of paper.
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2.) Use the chart below to identify the ways a person can become a natural born citizen of the united States.
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A person Automatically Becomes A person Born In Another Country
An American Citizen If He/ or She Can Claim American Citizenship If:
was Born
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