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citizenize en · VERB

Etymology

From citizen + -ize.

Meanings

1. To make (or become) a citizen of.
   • [Solicitor general John D.] Sauer claims that the [fourteenth] amendment [to the United States constitution] does not in general citizenize American-born children of illegal aliens or of temporary visitors. […] By contrast, in the 1930s, 1940s, and early 1950s, countless notable figures who were linked to the enactment of the 1952 statute read Wong Kim Ark as confirming that the 14th Amendment citizenized American-born children of foreign parents even if these parents were here merely temporarily or indeed illegally. 2026 March 19, Akhil Amar, Vikram Amar, Jason Mazzone, “Birthright citizenship: why the text, history, and structure of a landmark 1952 statute doom Trump’s executive order”, in SCOTUSblog, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2026:

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citizenization