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Society & Naturalization

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Someone under the age of 18 and born to parents who are American citizens can become naturalized into society when his or her parents become naturalized. Naturalization is a concept within immigration whereby citizenship is acquired after permanent residency. The person born internationally is not born with this American citizenship but acquires it through a parent. There are various conditions that govern this process for the parent to become naturalized.

·   The parent will need to have lived in legally on American soil for at least five years. During these five years, they could not have lived outside of US for any longer than six months.
·   The parent should have reached the age of majority- 18 years old. Therefore teenage parents are not able to apply until the parent’s 18th birthday.
·   The parent will need to reside in one state such as New Mexico for a minimum of three months before an application can be accepted.
·   The parent will also need to know facts and dates about the United States society and the democratic party.

Derived Citizenship

In the case of a parent that becomes naturalized, any children the new naturalized US citizen has can also become a citizen. The parent should contact the local branch of the United States Customs Immigration Service department to find out what is the current form he or she will need to fill in and submit. As this is a serious immigration matter, two photographs will need to be submitted.

The information submitted with the application form should show how the minor is related to the newly naturalized citizen. There is never too much evidence that can be submitted with the application. However, in all cases the naturalized citizen will need to have sole or joint custody of the minor. Some documents include a marriage certificate, birth certificates of parents, and birth certificate of minor. A certificate of citizenship is obtained once the application is approved.

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Child Citizenship Act

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It is the essential duty of an American citizen parent living abroad to be acquainted with the stipulations for applying to have a foreign born child become a citizen of the United States. This information is contained within the child citizenship act.

When searching information under the child citizenship act, the parent who is an American citizen living abroad should apply for his or her child to become a citizen before the child reaches the age of majority. However, this does not apply to any child born on American soil, as he or she will be an US citizen at the time of birth. Therefore, it can be seen that the United States has established this Act to govern how foreign-born children of American s become citizens.

The Act of 2000

The US Constitution holds citizenship as a right of society. This Act was created when US Citizen parents returned home, but any children born in another country were not entitled to the same rights, as they did not possess citizenship. By reviewing the information supplied by the Democratic Party, a foreign-born child to receive citizenship only one parent has to be a US citizen and this parent must have sole or joint custody of the child.

Application & Documentation

The parent who is a US citizen should make an application before the child reaches the age of majority. Accordingly, the child should be in the United States and entered legally as a permanent resident.

The US citizen parent should make an application for the foreign-born child to receive American citizenship. All of the documents pertaining to the child will need to be translated to English, if they are in another language. The parent must submit both his or her passport and the child’s passport.

It can be stated that other documentation that can be submitted includes a marriage certificate, school records, and proof of residence.

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Interesting Facts About America’s First Ladies

There have been quite a few powerful and inspirational women that have held the title “first lady” in the White House. These women have played important roles in our society and in their husband’s administration and were very influential in causes they deemed important through their time spent at the White House.

Powerful First Ladies in America:

•   Jackie Kennedy-Jackie Kennedy was born in 1929 as Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and was married to John F. Kennedy in 1953. She spent much of her time at the White House trying to redesign and restore it. She was also known for her dignity and fashion sense.
•   Laura Bush-Laura Bush was a powerful force in the White House and in her husband’s re-election campaign. Advocate for issues such as homelessness, Aids awareness, and literacy.
•   Rosalynn Carter-born Eleanor Rosalynn Smith, she married Jimmy Carter in 1946. Rosalynn Carter became associated with politics, as she was one of Jimmy Carter’s closest advisers through his term as president. She also became the honorary chair of the presidents’ Mental Health Commission and took up many mental health issues.
•   Lucy Ware Webb Hayes-Nicknamed “Lemonade Lucy” for her role at banning alcohol at the White House. Was a fierce opponent of slavery.
•   Dolly Madison-Well loved and noted for saving national treasures during the time that Washington was under attack in the War of 1812.
•   Abigail Powers Fillmore-Had a deep love of learning and is credited for creating much of the White House Library.
•   Mamie G. Eisenhower-Was a very popular first lady and was known for holding many dinners for heads of state.
•   Hillary Rodham Clinton-Very Powerful first lady who was an advocate for national health insurance along with rights for children and women around the world.
•   Michelle Robinson Obama-While her tenure as first lady is still relatively new, Mrs. Obama has a deep interest in helping military and working families.

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Democratic Party History in America

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The Democratic Party in the United States can look back on a proud history that encompasses a national vision and political organization. This vision is primarily based on the power and strength of politically active, diverse, and economically empowered American people. Our Party’s founder, over the past two hundred years, have determined that social status and wealth entitlements. The belief of our founders was based the compassion and wisdom that was found within every person and that a stable government must come about by wide popular base.

Politics in American History

Former Chairman of the Democratic Party, the late Ron Brown, made a statement once that exuded to the fact that the thread that binds the Democratic history, from the likes of Thomas Jefferson to Bill Clinton, was found within hard working American families. He also went on to say that the commitment to helping the poor, disenfranchised, the excluded, has in turn strengthened our nation whereby they earned a piece of the American Dream. His thoughts were that we could hold on to the fact that this land was built by slaves and immigrants and those before them.

Thomas Jefferson who fought against the elitist Federalist Party and the Bill of Rights, founded the Democratic Party as a congressional caucus in 1792. In 1798, the party known as the “party of the common man” was formally named the Democratic-Republican Party. In 1800, Jefferson was elected the first Democratic President of the United States where he served two terms. James Madison followed Jefferson in 1808. Madison helped reaffirm American independence by strengthening America’s armed forces and conquering the British in the War of 1812. In 1816, James Monroe was elected president and served during a time where Democratic Republicans served with little opposition. This period in our nation was frequently referred to as “The Era of Good Feeling”.

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The Democratic Party’s Powerful Force in History

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The History of the Democratic Party in the United States has enjoyed over 200 years leadership of which to be proud. The Democratic system has sought to economically empower, and strengthen, those involved in politics and socially diverse Americans. This national vision has led then to strive to build a stable government that is made up of the people.

In 1824 election of John Quincy Adams was greatly disputed and let to a 4-way split among the Democratic-Republicans. As a result of this split, Andrew Jackson became a national leader. Andrew Jackson was known as a war hero and one of the fore fathers of the Democratic Party, was noted with having a huge impact with his supporters that reached unprecedented numbers in American History. The Democrats in Jackson’s time, created the party platform, the national convention process, and brought together the Democratic Party from the victories Jackson won between 1828 and 1832. The first National Convention that the party held was in 1832 and President Jackson was nominated to his second term. The Party’s name was simplified to the Democratic Party by the National Convention in 1844.

The Powerful Democratic Party

The Democratic National Committee was established by the National Convention in 1848. This is still the longest running organization of politics in the world. The Democratic National Committee was given the responsibility, by the Convention, of preparing for the next convention and endorsing the cause of the Democrats between the conventions.

The Democratic Party started to support the immigrants who swamped the industrial centers and centers at the close of the 19th century by bringing them into the American mainstream thus creating the most powerful economic tool in American History. William Jennings, who was a Democratic Party leader, supported the right of women’s suffrage, led an agrarian reformers movement, directed election of Senators, and the evolution of income tax. The Democratic Party became a force in local urban politics as it entered the 20th Century.

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Our Country’s Democratic Leaders

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For over 200 years, the Democratic Party has been a powerful reminder of the wonderful history in politics our country has been a part. This party had a national vision that included diverse Americans of every socioeconomic realm, as the Party’s founders believed that social status and wealth did not entitle individuals to rule, but the broad base of the people was needed to build a stable government.

Political Democratic Leaders of Yesteryear

Woodrow Wilson, in 1912, became known as the first Democratic president of the 20th Century. Wilson fought strongly for the League of Nations, he let the country through World War I, passed the first child and labor welfare laws, and he instituted the Federal Reserve Board.

A generation after this, Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president by running on the pledge of the New deal. Roosevelt energized citizens on the belief that the government could give them the assistant they needed and successfully pulled America out of the Depression. The New Deal electrified Appalachia, brought water to the Central Valley in California, and secured farms across the Midwest. The nation was made stronger by giving Americans a stake in the future and bringing them into systems such as the WPA, the Social Security System and the Civilian Conservation Corps.

Democrats began to fight in order to brig down barriers of gender and race with the election of Harry Truman. Truman oversaw the rebuilding of Europe and integrated the military by creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Marshall Plan.

President John F. Kennedy, in the 1960’s, encouraged the nation to build our country’s past experiences in history. Kennedy created the Peace Corps, negotiated a treaty prohibiting the atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons, and dared the country to put a man on the moon. Following the assassination of Kennedy, Johnson fought against the War on Poverty and created a series of society programs such Medicare so older Americans would receive health care.

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Democratic Politics and American Economic Re-Growth

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The Democratic Party in America has a proud heritage of a strong national vision and political organization that includes politically active and socially diverse Americans. For over 200 years the Party’s leaders have longed believed that a government built on a vast popular base as opposed to entitlements, should encompass a stable government.

How the Democrats brought Healing to America

With the election and win of Jimmy Carter as president in 1976, the nation’s trust in government began its healing process following the Watergate scandal. Carter did many positive things during his tenure as president, one of which was negotiating the Camp David historic peace accords between Israel and Egypt.

Governor Bill Clinton from Arkansas was elected President of the United states in 1992. President Clinton took the stand on a New Covenant for the hard working American families that were forgotten in this country. America was in a huge state of high unemployment, increasing crime, and record budget deficits, following 12 years of Republican presidents. President Clinton’s policies were aimed at putting people first and produced the longest period of economic growth in America’s peacetime history. Both the Senate and House passed what was known as the Deficit Reduction Act of 1993, without even one Republican vote. The Deficit Reduction Act ended up leading to a cease in perennial budget deficits and also put America on a road to fiscal recovery and responsibility. President Clinton’s final budget resulted in over a $ 200 billion surplus, which had followed an inherited $ 290 billion deficit in 1992. The Clinton and Gore Administration was also responsible for reducing crime to its lowest levels in a generation and reducing unemployment levels to it lowest levels in decades. With the win in the election of 1996, Clinton had become the first Democratic President since Roosevelt to be reelected.

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Democratic Party Leadership for the Future

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For over 200 years, the Democratic Party has accomplished much in the areas of American economic re- structuring and growth. To run a good, sound, stable government, the Party’s premise from its inception was a vision of government run and led by a broad base of people and not one focused on those with entitlements. Looking back, our country’s leaders can be proud on what has been accomplished.

Democrats Party’s Future Goals

With a history the encompasses over 2000 elections, the Democrats gained 4 more Senate Seats, one more gubernatorial seat, and one more House seat. Vice President Al Gore also won the popular vote for the Candidacy for President by over 500,000 votes. The Democrats once again regained control of the Senate in 2001, under Majority Leader Tom Daschle. During this period, the Democrats won victories all over the country including races for Virginia Lt. Governor and Governor, 39 major mayoral races including Houston and Los Angeles, and New Jersey Governor.

While the 21st Century can mark a time that our nation can look back and be proud of all the hard work that has been accomplished, we must continue ahead on what needs to be accomplished. Our nation needs to focus on incorporating every American into the fabric of our country. The success of the history in the next hundred years for America will only come about when we bridge the divisions of separation in areas such as ethnicity, region, class, and race. Some feel that the Democratic Party is now ready to take on the opportunities we currently are afforded to meet our nations’ challenges. The positive growth needed in this country will branch out as our nation continues to govern by opportunity, inclusion and strength, the same principles that have given America the title “the greatest nation on earth”.

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A Growing Number of Democratic Voters

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The Democratic Party is currently one of the two main contemporary political parties in America, the other being the Republican Party. The party has had a history of liberal views and has been classified as more to “the left” on the U.S. political scale. As of 2004, the Democratic Party has the most registered voters that encompass any political organization worldwide, which makes up about 72 million voters. The results of polls taken from the last decade indicate that about 35% of American voters consider themselves Democrats.

The Melting Pot of Democratic Voters

The Democratic Party has had a strong history of support amongst Native Americans populations in areas such as New Mexico, Arizona, Montana, Alaska, North Carolina, South Dakota, Idaho, Minnesota, and Washington. Records indicate that most Native Americans vote Democratic in borders that are led only by African-Americans.

The Democratic Party has also had significant support amongst a growing number of Asian Americans. Throughout history, most Asian Americans have held on to a more pro-business view, which has led them to have a stronghold on voting Republican. Starting between the years of 1996 and 2006 the Democratic appeal started to gain amongst the Asian American population with a 62% vote increase. Some feel that this leaning toward a more Democratic vote was largely due to a newer generation of more liberal Filipino American and Vietnamese youths and growing numbers of Indian and Chinese immigrants that were normally fiscal centrists but adopted a leftward approach on social policy. Currently, Vietnamese Americans still vote, on a large scale, Republican, while Indian Americans, Japanese Americans, Chinese Americans, Pacific Island Americans, and Southeast Asians have primarily voted Democratic. Americans of Korean, Pakistani, and Filipino descent have recently leaned toward a more Democratic vote. In the last few elections, younger Asian Americans that encompass all backgrounds between the ages of 18-30 have also leaned toward the Democratic Party.

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Quick Judgment on Obama

Only two years after the historic night in Chicago’s Grant Park, President Barrack Obama now faces a political storm that challenged everything he hoped to accomplish during his administration.

Despite pushing through significant legislation aimed to stimulate the economy and provide health insurance for everyone in American society, President Obama seems to have fallen out of favor in the court of public opinion. Part of the problem is the perception that the economy has not improved significantly under his watch.

Presidents often fall on their swords due to the state of the economy. Herbert Hoover was a great humanitarian and by all accounts a decent human being, but due to his misfortune of sitting in the White House during the dawn of the Great Depression his reputation has fallen into disrepair.

Blaming economic misfortune on the President is putting a face on a complex network that few people, if any, fully understand. The President can guide fiscal policy or push for new laws, but his power is limited by the natural checks and balances of a democracy and the whims of the market. The job market has picked up during the Obama Administration, but the promises of the Grant Park rally seem to be forgotten during the first difficult two years of his leadership.

Policy takes months to enact and then take effect. So while opponents might have written off Obama as a failure, historians will probably provide a much softer view. The economy was not insured by 21st car insurance. There was not a check in the mail by the end of the week to get it rolling again.

Franklin Roosevelt is regarded by historians as a successful leader, but even his administration had not solved all of the ills of the Great Depression during the first half of his first term in the White House. It is too early to write off Obama or his policies.

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