Every Voice Counts: Becoming a Citizen and the Importance of Voting: The Immigrant Experience
Автор: Tsongas Industrial History Center
Загружено: 2021-10-06
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EVERY VOICE COUNTS: BECOMING A CITIZEN AND THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING: THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE
In the early years of the United States, residency and citizenship laws on voting varied by state. Up until the 14th Amendment in 1868, which guaranteed citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S. and paved the way for citizen-only voting, laws were still inconsistent. Therefore, immigrants have not always had a voice in the electoral process or been able to run for office. Immigrants who become naturalized citizens are granted full participation in the civic life. How does the naturalization process work? Why is citizenship so important to immigrant communities? Chiara St. Pierre (Managing Attorney, Immigration Legal Services, International Institute of New England) discusses the immigrant experience and the process they go through to become a United States citizen.
In the fall of 2020, the Tsongas Industrial History Center hosted a webinar series exploring how underrepresented communities have fought for equitable representation and overcome barriers to civic participation. In each webinar, historians and educators shared content on a civics topic and discussed how to adapt it for the classroom. Each session includes companion lesson plans and primary documents. Visit: http://www.uml.edu/tsongas/civics for more information. This series was partially funded by Mass Humanities. This program took place on 10/27/2020.
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