grant citizenship to
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As a result of the public outcry, the Dominican Republic passed a law in 2014 that established a system to grant citizenship to Dominican-born children of immigrants, particularly favouring those of Haitian descent.
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2025
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
Some other nations grant citizenship to newborns based on their parent’s legal status, while many don’t allow any geographic birthright citizenship at all.
From Washington Times • Nov. 24, 2023
In the confidential document, the Cypriot interior minister urges the cabinet to grant citizenship to Neth Savoeun and two grown-up daughters, and notes that they have never visited Cyprus.
From Reuters • Oct. 16, 2019
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 Webster, Hutton
