Last time in these pages, I wrote about the sharp division within George Washington’s Presidential administration, that between Alexander Hamilton, founder of the Federalist Party, and Thomas ...

John Jay’s observation in Federalist No. 2 that Americans are “a people descended from the same ancestors, speaking the same language, professing the same religion, attached to the same principles of ...

Our first citizenship law, the 1790 Naturalization Act, limited citizenship in the country to “free white persons … of good character … who resided in the U.S. for at least two years.” ...

Even immigrants who meet all the legal requirements for naturalization are being made to jump through unnecessary hoops to slow down their path to U.S. citizenship.

If you study US immigration laws from the 1790 Naturalization Act to today’s federal policy of mass deportation; you will find federal laws that granted immigration rights to white Europeans never ...

In 1790 and 1795, Congress enacted naturalization laws that allowed white persons only to apply as two-year residents of “good character” who had “to renounce forever allegiance and fidelity ...

See how immigrants had to play "race roulette" with a biased court system due to the Alien Naturalization Act of 1790, which set the standard for citizenship in America and remained law for 175 years.

The naturalization ceremony is a particular expression of this tradition. It is the moment when individuals born elsewhere are transformed into full-blown Americans.

In this article, we will take a look at 16 Hardest Countries to Get Citizenship by Naturalization. You can skip our detailed analysis and go directly to the 5 Hardest Countries to Get Citizenship ...

Congress passed the Naturalization Act of 1790 covering immigrants who had resided in the United States for two years and took an oath of allegiance. It was the most liberal naturalization law to date ...