21.   Since then he has been free to return to Russia but has kept the citizenship granted to him by Germany.

22.   Smith has proposed legislation that would require the INS to perform a complete criminal background on every applicant before granting citizenship.

23.   Some Republicans, including Gov. Bush, have raised questions about reports that the Clinton administration has granted citizenship to some who have criminal records.

24.   Some members of Congress are trying to get in on the act by granting Elian citizenship.

25.   The entire Bavarian government resigned when the king tried to grant her citizenship.

26.   The ethnic Tutsi who have lived in eastern Congo for generations but who have never been granted citizenship are part of the movement trying to overthrow Kabila.

27.   The fate of House and Senate bills to grant Elian citizenship or permanent residency status remained unclear Friday, with indications in both Houses that action would be delayed.

28.   The islanders were granted American citizenship, but they negotiated broad self-rule authority.

29.   The marathoner qualified for naturalization under an immigration rule, normally used by the military, that grants citizenship to spouses of U.S. citizens working abroad for American companies.

30.   The so-called Law of Return grants immediate citizenship to any Jew, spouse of a Jew or child or grandchild of a Jew who immigrates to Israel.