The American Mosaic Immigration Today Immigrants Rights Citizens Rights Sara Howell New York
Who Are Immigrants and Citizens There are about 314 million people in the United States today These people have many different cultures religions and backgrounds Most of the people living in the United States are citizens This means they were born here or have a legal right to live in this country This cheese maker is a recent immigrant Immigrants work all kinds of different jobs in America 4
This is a citizenship naturalization ceremony All of the people in this picture are about to become American citizens More than 40 million people in the United States are immigrants An immigrant is a person who moves from one country to another Some immigrants choose to apply for citizenship Once they become citizens they can enjoy the same rights as those who were born in the United States 5