Term Papers: Explain the procedure for obtaining U.S. citizenship for a child in such a situation, and discuss the law applicable in this case.
What happens to a child born to a parent who is a U.S. citizen but has not lived in the U.S. for at least five years of which two years were after the child’s fourteenth birthday?
Do you agree with the law regarding the children of U.S. citizens? Would you prefer they use some different criteria?
What happens to children born in this country to noncitizen parents? What is the status of these children? What rights do they have to U.S. entitlement programs and citizenship? Discuss.
