Assertion: citizenship's child | /r/CapableOf | acquire u.s. citizenship
Facets:
value: at birth
type: TEMPORAL
value: under certain circumstances
type: OTHER
value: from their parents
type: OTHER
value: automatically
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Section 320 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA 320) provides that children acquire U.S. citizenship if they satisfy certain requirements before age 18 which include:
text: Also known as birthright citizenship, the child is said to “acquire” U.S. citizenship based on the citizenship of the parents.
text: The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 (CCA) provides several requirements for children to automatically acquire U.S. citizenship.
text: Children of U.S. citizens who are born abroad may acquire U.S. citizenship, though there are many factors that impact whether this is possible and what is required to do so.
text: Under certain circumstances, children may acquire U.S. citizenship from their parents.
text: From 1940 until 1978, a child born abroad who acquired U.S. citizenship at birth but had only one U.S. citizen parent had to fulfill a "retention requirement" of residing, or being physically present, in the United States or its outlying possessions for a certain number of years before reaching a specified age.
text: When this child marries and has children, those children may also acquire U.S. citizenship at birth.