| | A '''citizen''' is a member of a [[nation]], [[state]] or [[republic]], entitled by citizenship to various rights, "privileges, and immunities."<ref>U.S. Constitution, [[Fourteenth Amendment]].</ref> American citizens, for example, are accorded the full protection of the [[United States]] and her [[civil liberties]] as embodied in the [[Constitution]]. The word "citizen" carries talismanic significance for the many legal immigrants to the free republics of the world, since citizenship carries such great benefits, and is obtained only through the immigration process. | | A '''citizen''' is a member of a [[nation]], [[state]] or [[republic]], entitled by citizenship to various rights, "privileges, and immunities."<ref>U.S. Constitution, [[Fourteenth Amendment]].</ref> American citizens, for example, are accorded the full protection of the [[United States]] and her [[civil liberties]] as embodied in the [[Constitution]]. The word "citizen" carries talismanic significance for the many legal immigrants to the free republics of the world, since citizenship carries such great benefits, and is obtained only through the immigration process. |