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Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution grants Congress clear jurisdiction with regard to U.S. citizenship and immigration matters. Paul Gosar

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Through the years I have received my share of recognition for efforts in the fields of sports, the arts, the struggle for full citizenship for the Negro people, labor's rights and the fight for peace. Paul Robeson

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After four centuries of Spanish rule, Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States in 1898. Residents were granted U.S. citizenship in 1917, and the federal government has allowed Puerto Rico to exercise authority over its local affairs in a manner similar to the 50 states. Pedro Pierluisi

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I don't know; we'll see what happens with Brexit. If they make it so that you can't travel any more without a visa, I'm going to have to leave the country, stay in the E.U., and probably change my citizenship. Pete Doherty

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Common sense would tell you that the idea that Saudi Arabia was paying for bin Laden's expenses while he was living in Abbottabad is simply risible. Bin Laden's principal goal was the overthrow of the Saudi royal family as a result of which his Saudi citizenship was revoked as far back as 1994. Peter Bergen

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Birth on U.S. territory has never been an absolute claim to citizenship. Phyllis Schlafly

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Indeed, many immigrants do not even desire U.S. citizenship, preferring a work visa that would allow them to work seasonally and to legally cross the border into their home country as needed. Rachel Campos-Duffy

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Step one of the initial process of getting a non-immigrant visa is tough, renewing it is tough, and then transferring from the status of non-immigrant to immigrant or green card is tough. The only process which is easy is the last part of transferring from green card to citizenship, but getting there is quite a journey. Raja Krishnamoorthi

I see little difference in the attitudes of those who consider themselves Christian and those who are openly secular and agnostic. Most Christian citizenship appears to be clearly right here - on this little bit of very unreal estate. Richard Rohr

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I had to overcome a lot of barriers. Until 1947, it was illegal for people from the subcontinent to migrate to the U.S. The subcontinentals were the last ethnic minority to gain citizenship. You assimilate. My name was too hard. They said, 'Shad is what we are calling you.' You go with the flow. Shahid Khan

I have dual citizenship. Simone Biles

Citizenship Dual

This bill, this badly named ENLIST Act, would put out the advertisement that says, 'Sneak into America. Sneak into the military, and that's going to be the most expeditious path to American citizenship and the whole smorgasbord of benefits that come from American citizenship.' Steve King

I have applied for Israeli citizenship, which makes playing overseas a bit easier. Sue Bird

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Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Susan Griffin

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There are an awful lot of people who despise government precisely because it opened the door for common citizenship for people of all races and all natures in the United States. Taylor Branch

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No group of our citizens can be denied the right to participate in the opportunities of first-class citizenship. Terry Sanford

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I will join the fight for the DREAM Act that will create a pathway to citizenship for our Dreamers. Tina Smith

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My father earned his citizenship by serving in the Army during World War II. He devoted his life to caring for our nations veterans at a VA hospital in Buffalo, New York. That desire to serve fellow Americans propelled my four siblings into medical careers, too. Tom Perez

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Relegating women to second-class citizenship was abolished when Jesus died on the cross. Tony Campolo

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I think citizenship should count for something... and it really counts for nothing. Virgil Goode

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For many years, when still a Yugoslav citizen, I was already a Swiss patriot, and in 1959, I obtained Swiss citizenship. However, I consider myself a world citizen, and I am very grateful to my adopted country that it allows me to be one. Vladimir Prelog

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