Every person who lives in America is either an immigrant or a descendant of an immigrant. Though we may not consider it, it is a fact that everyone here has come from some other place. It is estimated that over sixty million people have immigrated to America and it is this immigration that has built America into a "melting pot." America is a country thriving with varies ethnic, cultural, religious, and economic identities. It is this "melting pot" that makes America so unique and cherished by those who live here. On the other hand there are unpleasant aspects of immigration, which include the hardships faced in order to reach America and the struggle to gain acceptance. Through work brokers, many immigrants signed contracts guaranteeing that they would work for a certain amount of years in exchange for paying their way to America. These arrangements enabled thousands to have a chance at a
Today, many immigration laws are easily accessible and allow many to fully understand what their rights are when filing for citizenship.
Later, a third option for citizenship occurred through descent from one or more American parents. Peter Schuck wrote in “The Re-Evaluation of American Citizenship” that “this principle, known as jus sanguinis, is codified in the immigration statute. For example, a child of two citizen parents born outside of the United States is a citizen if one of the parents resided in the United States prior to the child’s brith.” This law is found in the Immigration and Nationality Act and was tried in the case of Rueff v. Brownell (1953) where it was found that a child born to United States citizens is therein a citizen for the reason that renunciation of citizenship must be voluntary.
better life in America, but it did not make them citizens of Amer
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