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naturalize

verb as in confer citizenship upon

verb as in habituate

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Nearly a dozen of my cousins left their native-born countries to come to the U.S. and eventually naturalize.

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The amendment says: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States.”

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One answer is embodied by the nearly 1 million people who choose to become naturalized Americans each year.

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Why should Democrats have assumed that newly naturalized citizens would be progressive, rather than importing, out of pure habit, the machismo and caudillismo of Guatemala or Honduras, or the authoritarianism of South Asia?

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That same night, the feds raided the place, and subpoenaed its owner, a German-born naturalized citizen, and three employees.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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