Trump asks Supreme Court to let him enforce executive order redefining birthright citizenship - Court rulings across the ...

The Naturalization Act of 1790 provided that only free white persons could become naturalized U.S. citizens. Although the Naturalization Act of 1870 extended eligibility to persons of African ...

In 1790 and 1795, Congress enacted naturalization ... When naturalized, so were their children under age 21. Section 7 the Naturalization Act of 1870 states: “That the naturalization laws ...

Section 2169, Revised Statutes, provides that the provisions of the Naturalization Act "shall apply to aliens ... original framers of the statute in 1790. But in this country, during the last ...

As late as the 1860s, the British government refused to recognize the American naturalization of former Irish subjects. In response, Congress passed the Expatriation Act of 1868, which declared ...