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Citizenship Disparities, Emily Ryo, Reed Humphrey
Citizenship Disparities, Emily Ryo, Reed Humphrey
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The Importance Of Race, Gender, And Religion In Naturalization Adjudication In The United States, Emily Ryo, Reed Humphrey
The Importance Of Race, Gender, And Religion In Naturalization Adjudication In The United States, Emily Ryo, Reed Humphrey
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This study presents an empirical investigation of naturalization adjudication in the United States using new administrative data on naturalization applications decided by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) between October 2014 and March 2018. We find significant group disparities in naturalization approvals based on applicants’ race/ethnicity, gender, and religion, controlling for individual applicant characteristics, adjudication years, and variation between field offices. Non-White applicants and Hispanic applicants are less likely to be approved than non-Hispanic White applicants, male applicants are less likely to be approved than female applicants, and applicants from Muslim-majority countries are less likely to be approved than …
No More Blood, Kerry Abrams
Domicile Dismantled, Kerry Abrams, Kathryn Barber
Domicile Dismantled, Kerry Abrams, Kathryn Barber
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Immigration's Family Values, Kerry Abrams, R. Kent Piacenti
Immigration's Family Values, Kerry Abrams, R. Kent Piacenti
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Citizen Spouse, Kerry Abrams
Citizen Spouse, Kerry Abrams
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Marriage and citizenship have a complicated relationship to one another. Marriage is often the primary way in which a person can exercise and demonstrate his or her identity under law, by claiming legal benefits and by performing legal obligations. This Essay examines the history of one particularly salient example of marriage-as-citizenship — the derivative domicile rule — and uses this history to consider how the relationship between marriage and citizenship has changed and developed over time. The derivative domicile rule linked a woman’s domicile, and her state citizenship along with all the rights and obligations it carried, with her husband’s …
Brief Of Amici Curiae Of Professors Of History, Political Science, And Law In Support Of Petitioner, Kerry Abrams
Brief Of Amici Curiae Of Professors Of History, Political Science, And Law In Support Of Petitioner, Kerry Abrams
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Why John Mccain Was A Citizen At Birth, Stephen E. Sachs
Why John Mccain Was A Citizen At Birth, Stephen E. Sachs
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Mae Ngai's Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens And The Making Of Modern America, Kerry Abrams
Mae Ngai's Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens And The Making Of Modern America, Kerry Abrams
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What States Owe Outsiders, Matthew D. Adler