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Naturalization Act


Subject History

Place Northern America » United States of America

DOI: 10.1111/b.9781577180999.1997.x


Extract

(18 June 1798) Congress increased residency for citizenship to 14 years. and obliged aliens to spend the last five continuously resident in a single state. Enemy aliens could not receive citizenship while their homeland was at war with the US. On 14 April 1802, Congress repealed this measure – except for the provision concerning enemy aliens – and reinstated the 1795 act. ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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A Dictionary of American History



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