grant citizenship to
Example Sentences
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Being born in South Africa does not automatically grant citizenship to that person.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Asked if the amendment would grant citizenship to those two controversial groups of immigrants, Jackson points out that Trumbull gave an unapologetic “undoubtedly,” again drawing on the universalist ideas of Douglass and others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Sauer kept returning to his claim that the lone purpose of the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause was to overturn Dred Scott and grant citizenship to newly freed slaves and their children.
From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2026
The one-sentence Indian Citizenship Act swept away those requirements in an attempt to grant citizenship to all Native Americans.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2024
It was this same wise policy of making conquered peoples equal with herself that afterwards led Rome to grant citizenship to the inhabitants of the provinces.
From Early European History by Hutton Webster
