Citizenship is a relationship between an individual and the government, in the United States of America citizenship is given to a legal member of the United States, which brings rights, duties, privileges and benefits including federal assistance.
People who are born in the United States automatically become US Citizen known as birthright citizenship. Other way to obtain citizenship USA is by naturalization. Citizenship can be stripped away by government but can be restored as well. US Citizen can renounce their citizenship of United States and move to other citizenship if they want.
Every citizen has the right to vote, it is a privilege of citizenship even when a citizen are not in their country when national election happen, they can go to nearby US embassy and vote from there. However, voting is not an obligation in the United States, this mean that a US citizen can choose not to elect in national election without any penalty. Unlike in other nations, citizens can be fined for failing to vote in general election.
A privilege that US citizens have, while traveling abroad, is the possible intervention of the government in cases where there is dispute about their arrest or treatment by foreign governments.
Civic and military participation is not required for US citizen. Obeying law and jury duty is generally consider a duty, people who are breaking the laws in some cases can be striped their citizenship.
Economic security, income support and access to service provided by federal government are a benefit of citizenship. However paying taxes is a duty for American citizen, this duty extend to US citizen who travel and working outside America.
Every year millions of people trying to live and work in the United States, usually they try to become American citizen by entering Green card lottery or also known as Diversity Lottery. Every year, US Government Issue 50,000 free green card for lottery winner. After got the chance to live and work in the United States, immigrant can request for naturalization become US citizen.