Sentences with phrase «u.s. citizenship questioned»

Some were asked about their religion and their ethnic origins, and had the validity of their U.S. citizenship questioned.

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When Trump previously considered a White House run, Cohen worked with the National Enquirer in 2010 to promote the website ShouldTrumpRun.com and encouraged the supermarket tabloid to pursue stories questioning President Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship, two former staffers of the publication told The Associated Press.

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that a question on citizenship status will be reinstated to the 2020 decennial census questionnaire to help enforce the...

Seventeen states, the District of Columbia and six cities sued the U.S. government Tuesday, saying the addition of a citizenship question to the census form is unconstitutional.

He's younger, he's more cosmopolitan, he's intelligent, he's spent a significant amount of time living overseas, his religious faith is complicated at best, and his U.S. citizenship, while proven, has been questioned.

Those suits seek to block a reinstated citizenship question on the U.S. census and a proposed rule that would allow business to refuse aspects of healthcare based on religious beliefs, respectively.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo released a statement on Tuesday slamming a decision to include a question about citizenship status on the 2020 U.S. Census.

The Trump administration's plan to include a citizenship question on the 2020 U.S. Census isn't sitting well with several elected officials in Brooklyn.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, along with a coalition of fellow state attorneys general, a half - dozen cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors, announced a lawsuit Tuesday intended to block a citizenship question on the U.S. Census.

«They can issue a temporary restraining order or an injunction to enjoin or stop the U.S. government from including the question about citizenship on the census,» she said.

The U.S. Commerce Department announced Monday night a citizenship status question would be added.

Connecticut immigration activists say that a decision by the federal government to include a question about citizenship on the 2020 U.S. census is anti-immigrant and intended to cause fear among undocumented people.

Historian Eric Foner, who has explored the question of U.S. birthright citizenship to other countries, argues that:

The last time the Census Bureau asked all U.S. households a question about U.S. citizenship was in 1950.

After a controversial decision by the Department of Commerce to add a question about U.S. citizenship to the 2020 census, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended the move as nothing out of the ordinary.

But if the 2020 census form does ultimately ask about citizenship status, it will be the first time the question will be asked of all U.S. households since 1950.

March 27, 2018 • White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said a question about U.S. citizenship was included in every census from 1965 to 2000.

And with a huge backlog at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the agency in charge of applications and renewals, young people can get caught in a legal limbo, their work permits in question as they await reissuance.

Students explore the controversy over the Trump administration's proposal to add a question about citizenship to the census — and learn about the history and purpose of the U.S.

Study materials and practice questions can be found at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services website: www.uscis.gov/citizenship/learners/study-test/study-materials-civics - test

Earlier this week Rep. James «Jimmy Boy» Edming, R - Glen Flora, introduced a bill that requires Wisconsin students to correctly answer at least 60 of 100 questions on a civics test that is drawn from the exam people seeking U.S. citizenship must take.

If police or other officials questions you, you will have your U.S. citizenship papers and proof of identity handy.