Constitution Day 2023: About U.S. Citizenship

 Try a search in the U.S. Government Publishing Office's database for the terms "DACA or undocumented or dreamer" or any other citizenship terms of interest.

On Sept. 5, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) initiated the orderly phase out of the program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). DHS will provide a limited, six-month window during which it will consider certain requests for DACA and applications for work authorization, under specific parameters.

Read more at U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services.

If you meet certain requirements, you may become a U.S. citizen either at birth or after birth.

To become a citizen at birth, you must:

• Have been born in the United States or certain territories or outlying possessions of the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; OR  
• had a parent or parents who were citizens at the time of your birth (if you were born abroad) and meet other requirements

To become a citizen after birth, you must:

• Apply for “derived” or “acquired” citizenship through parents
• Apply for naturalization

Read more at U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services.

Find field offices in Ohio and Michigan.

There are four parts to the test:  speaking, reading, writing, and civics.  

The USCIS provides study materials for all part of the test.

New Citizens take the Oath of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony at the National Archives in Washington, DC, on September 15, 2017.

-- Citizenship Day at the National Archives