Is it too simple to become a U.S. citizen? To become a naturalized U.

S citizen you have to have

a green card which determines if you are eligible or not, after that you must file a USCIS which
is the N-400 form it costs five hundred ninety five dollars and you also have to pay another
eighty five dollars for your biometrics fee. After your USCIS form is accepted, you receive a
date to do your fingerprints and biometrics.You are then interviewed in which an officer will go
through your N-400 to confirm the answers and questions, if aprroved you will be given oath
swearing loyalty to the U.S., or if you are born in America you are automatically a citizen
according to the 14th amendment. Many people feel it's to easy and it should be more difficult.
Others feel that the process of citizenship is appropriate the way it is. These are important
arguments because when someone becomes a citizen they have an effect on unemployment,
taxes, and Health Care.
According to Mark Kaufman before we were called citizens we were called subjects so
in 1740, the British Parliament passed a law stating the any aliens that lived within the 13
colonies were then subjects. In 1773, the Parliament put a limit on Naturalization meaning that
only a certain amount can become naturalized. In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was
created stating those who were citizens not including girls and minors, but each state would have
their own laws regarding the citizens. For a long time now illegal aliens have crossed the border
into the U.S. so that when their child is born the it is a U.S. citizen. According to Jon Feere
America is one of the few countries that allows birthright citizenship, that explains why many
Immigrants come to U.S. to give birth. In 1848, the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the U.S.Mexico War guaranteeing citizenship to Mexican subjects in new U.S. territories. In 1857, the
Dred Scott decision states that a negro cannot be a citizens. In 1868 it was stated that the
Fourteenth Amendment grants automatic citizenship to those U.S. born, this Amendment helps

create the problem, no one is certain that the amendment doesn't apply to immigrants. In 1875,
the Page Act was passed which restricted Chinese Immigrants from coming into the U.S. In
1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act excluded Chinese people from Naturalization in the U.S. In
1931, it was ruled that nobody can be racially barred from becoming a citizen. According to the
NYIC, from 1990-2008, a huge 3.5million unauthorized immigrants were in the United States.
According to Jens Krogstad ,Mexicans make up 49% of unauthorized citizenship. Mexico has
been the primary source of illegal immigrants leading with 60%, and other Latin countries
helped with 20%. About 4million of the illegal immigrants in 2009 were under the age of 18.
Many people feel like citizenship is an important role in our society and it should be
harder to reach. People feel that naturalizing immigrants would affect the demographic structure,
there would be people with one belief in one state and people with a different belief in another
and that would divide America. They think the american traditions would be lost since people
from different countries have different values. The more illegal immigrants in the U.S. the more
that attract. The more illegal immigrants there are contributes to less jobs for Americans, so now
the citizens that were born in America are being punished because Immigrants can achieve
citizenship so easy. They feel it's rewarding illegal immigration because people that are not
supposed to be here are getting the benefits of a U.S. citizen. If naturalization was ended it could
improve social services because it would be easier for citizens to get the jobs that immigrants
were taking. They feel the 14th amendment should not include illegal immigrants because they
entered the country without documentation so they should be removed. If less illegal Immigrants
were here the U.S. would preserve American culture because there would be no foreign
influence. Many think the 14th amendment is being abused and taken for granted, and its not
right to use an anchor baby as excuse for a parent to get the same benefits as the child. Many feel

that the rates of illegal birthrights are too high at 400,000 a year. People feel that giving someone
citizenship based on where they are born is bad public policy. There are many dual citizens in
America who are not actual citizens should not get the benefits of a citizen. The more people that
are free to go to the U.S. without repercussions the more that is attracted. The more immigrants
that's in the U.S., makes it harder to pinpoint the ones that are legal and illegal. Welfare increases
with population so there more people the more welfare that has to be provided, and that causes
taxes to increase.
Others agree with naturalization. Naturalization give immigrants opportunities in the U.S.
that they wouldn't get from the country they immigrated from. If birthright citizenship was
repealed the 14th amendment would then be violated, the 14th amendment says that anyone
born in U.S. jurisdiction is then a citizen. It wouldn't be fair to take the option of automatic
citizenship from those that are born here, because if you repeal the birthrights even those who
have legal parents that live in the U.S. would have to go through the process of becoming a
citizen. People fear that if the birthrights were taken away, there will be a large group stateless
non U.S. citizens with nowhere to go. Those people that are non citizens have nowhere to go
which means the U.S. has to handle them so they are making their job much harder by repealing
the law. They know that something overruling the 14th amendment would have to be another
amendment, but the process of making another amendment take multiple years to complete so
the process is to long and pointless. If taken away everybody would be non citizens. They feel
its ok to have birthright citizenship because there have been many celebrities that are citizens
because they were born here, so if take that away the U.S. misses out entertainers and scientists
and other jobs you are dropping the population which make the chances even harder. Many feel
it would not be fair to those parents who done gave up everything for their kids to be U.S.

citizens and they didn't get it. They know people strive to get here to have better lives for their
kids but where does that leave the parents and the kids if they are rejected, they would be lost
because everything that they hoped for would not be true. Everyone should have the opportunity
to becoming a U.S. citizen.
I feel that the birthright citizenship law should be kept. People are gaining benefits that
they never had so why would they come here if it wasn't nothing to gain, why send them back
home when they came to the U.S. looking for a better life for their kids and themselves.
Immigrants coming here would help influence us maybe for the better. We would have
knowledge of other cultures and that's good it would teach us how to respect other cultures. We
should allow it because it brings attention and maybe people who will have a huge affect on U.S
in the future. I like diversity, it shows me all the different traditions and styles that i'm not
familiar with. Since we have the birthright citizenship law many people even myself have
become citizens without having to go through the actual process of becoming a citizen. I feel at
the end of it all we are not from here so technically we all should have to go through the process
of becoming a citizen especially if the birthright law is repealed. I think everybody should have
that opportunity because we don't know the type of life they lived before they were here. Those
immigrants are only coming here because of what they heard, and that is, America is free and
they have many opportunities, so if you heard about a better life wouldn't you pursue because I
would. Its also not fair to those the kids if birthright citizenship was repealed because their rights
would be violated and they can no longer be a born citizen when most people in the U.S. are U.S.
born and they have birthright citizenship so how fair i that. The kids did not chose where they
were born so their rights that they have gotten should not be taken away. I think if you have to
have a baby at a certain place for you to be able to have a better life you should do it. People

already here don't have to go through that and should be happy about it and should also want to
help people have a better life. We had no struggle to get what we got so why should they.
Citizenship in the U.S. valued and there are many benefits with it, and I
understand that there are many immigrants who eventually violate those benefits that they
have attained but you cant stereotype those people that come from the same place. Thats
why alot of people want the birthright law repealed. There are people who the birthrights
to still be around because it's better for those who are struggling. The U.S. closing its
borders can have an affect on much more than the U.S. If we aren't letting immigrants in
then other people would and many immigrants will lose interest in everything about us. If
we had more citizens, there would be an increase in people who serve in the military. If
our population was larger we have more people in jobs, and those people would be loyal
to the U.S. because they were born here. The accomplishments that America has done and
what will be accomplished, everyone should have the option to be involved what we do
that those people didn't, they were only born here just like we were without a choice so
don't say forget the baby because the parents came illegally and I bet it was for a better
cause. People against this has no right because we are no different.
People have different perspectives on the idea of naturalization, but those who are
against have valid reason and so the the people that are for, but i'm for it because
immigrants may have not worked hard for citizenship but neither did we

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