Plessy v. Ferguson
The purpose of the U.S. Citizenship status was to grant the freed negros a citizenship that protected them from the actions and laws of the states. The states did not like this, so they sought to segregate their own citizens from the congress created “U.S. Citizenship”, on top of the already high racial tensions. These […]
Two Little Questions
In this short video we cover why you are asked the same two questions on every governmental form you have completed.
Can I become a national even though I wasn't born here? I got the citizenship through the naturalization process.
Yes, if you have gone through the naturalization process and are now a U.S. Citizen, you can change your status to national.
Is claiming one's national status the same as expatriating or renouncing U.S. citizenship?
Claiming one's national status is not the same as expatriating or renouncing U.S. citizenship. It involves correcting one's political status to be free from the jurisdiction of U.S. citizenship rather than formally renouncing citizenship.