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unusual facts about U.S. citizen



Harold von Mickwitz

On October 22, 1902, von Mickwitz became a naturalized U.S. citizen during a ceremony in Federal Court in Sherman, Texas.

Murder of Stephen Tibble

The suspect was Liam Quinn, a U.S. citizen from an Irish Republican family in San Francisco who had immersed himself in all things Irish, including adopting an Irish accent.

Patricia Torres Ray

She then immigrated to Minnesota with him, learned English, and became a U.S. citizen.


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Admiral of the Navy George Dewey Award

The Admiral of the Navy George Dewey Award is an annual award of the Naval Order of the United States to honor a U.S. citizen eligible for regular membership in the Naval Order, who, while acting in a civilian capacity in a senior Federal government position, has established a record of exemplary service that sets that individual apart from his or her peers.

Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri

Yaser Esam Hamdi, former U.S. citizen who was held as an enemy combatant in the Continental U.S. See Supreme Court ruling Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004)

Inter arma enim silent leges

In 2004, Justice Antonin Scalia used this phrase to decry the plurality decision in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld which in his view, upheld the detention of a U.S. citizen as an enemy combatant, without charge or suspension of the habeas corpus.

International adoption

In the United States, citizenship is automatically granted to all foreign-born children when at least one adoptive parent is a U.S. citizen, in accordance with the Child Citizenship Act of 2000.

Latin Lover

Antonio Moreno (1887–1967), Spanish actor, later naturalized U.S. citizen, of the silent film era

Robert Darr

A U.S. citizen and resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, Darr is a translator and interpreter of classic Islamic mystical texts.

Wallace L. W. Sargent

Although he became a U.S. citizen, he was born in Elsham, England.