citizenship

Thousands of People Became American Citizens on the First Official Veterans Day

By Olivia B. Waxman

Are Puerto Ricans Really American Citizens?

By TIME Staff

The Cure for the Post-Election Blues Is to Hold the Government Accountable

By Bob Graham and Chris Hand

Applications for U.S. Citizenship Now Higher Than During 2012 Election

By Daniel White
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Burma's War on the Term 'Rohingya'

Despite international calls to help the country's Rohingya people, indications are that Burma's new government is trying to scrub the very term Rohingya from use

By Feliz Solomon / Rangoon

Muslim 'Handshake Controversy' Divides Switzerland

The boys told education officials that shaking hands with women outside the family is against their faith

By Rishi Iyengar

How Facebook Makes Us Think We're Right

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute

Hollande Says 'France Is at War' With ISIS

François Hollande proposed an expansion of government and police powers to combat terrorism

By Rishi Iyengar

PEOPLE en Español Joins Homeland Security to Host Naturalization Ceremony on Sunday

Stars who have protested Donald Trump will be on hand for festival

By Tanya Basu

How the 1965 Immigration and Naturalization Act Changed America

59 million immigrants have entered the country since a 1965 reform

By Tanya Basu

Father-Daughter Pair Arrested For Setting Up Sham Marriages For Legal Residency

The two charged as much as $50,000 for each marriage

By Tanya Basu

Australian Leader Outlines Antiterrorism Measures

Abbott decried the spread of Islamic extremism in Syria and Iraq as a “new dark age”

By Helen Regan

O Say Can I Leave?

It may be because of a new tax law

By Tessa Berenson Rogers

Portugal Offers Citizenship to Descendants of Expelled Jews

Portugal currently boasts around 1,000 Jews, but that number might rise soon

By TIME Staff

Muslim Hero of Jewish Supermarket Attack Will Be Given French Citizenship

Almost 300,000 people signed an online petition online to grant Lassana Bathily citizenship

By Noah Rayman

OITNB Star Discusses Family's Deportation

Diane Guerrero plays Ramos on the hit Netflix series

By Charlotte Alter

90 Years After 'Official Citizenship'

Monday marked the 90th anniversary of the Indian Citizenship Act, or the Snyder Act, which granted U.S. citizenship to Native Americans born in the United States. The bill was enacted partially in light of the thousands of Native Americans who had served in the U.S. Army in WWI, but also because of a growing awareness by the federal government in 1924 of the tens of thousands living in abject poverty. However, nine decades on, life has yet to improve for many Native Americans, with high rates of unemployment and suicide among the nation's 566 tribes

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