<Li> Respect and obey federal, state, and local laws . Laws are rules of conduct that are established by an authority and followed by the community to maintain order in a free society . Every person living in the United States must follow laws established through federal, state, and local authorities . </Li> <Li> Respect the rights, beliefs, and opinions of others . Though the United States is a nation of diverse backgrounds and cultures, our common civic values unite us as one nation . Tolerance, through courtesy and respect for the beliefs and opinions of others, is the hallmark of a civilized society and ensures the continuity of liberty and freedom for future generations . </Li> <Li> Participate in your local community . Being a responsible member of one's local community is important to the success of representative democracy . Community engagement through volunteerism, participation in town hall meetings and public hearings, joining a local parent - teacher association, and running for public office are ways individuals can actively contribute to the well - being of the community . </Li> <Ul> <Li> Consular protection outside the United States . While traveling abroad, if a person is arrested or detained by foreign authorities, the person can request to speak to somebody from the U.S. Embassy or Consulate . Consular officials can provide resources for Americans incarcerated abroad, such as a list of local attorneys who speak English . The U.S. government may even intervene on the person's behalf . Non-citizen U.S. nationals also have this benefit . </Li> <Li> Increased ability to sponsor relatives living abroad . Several types of immigrant visas require that the person requesting the visa be directly related to a U.S. citizen . Having U.S. citizenship facilitates the granting of IR and F visas to family members . </Li> <Li> Ability to invest in U.S. real property without triggering FIRPTA . Perhaps the only quantifiable economic benefit of U.S. citizenship, citizens are not subject to additional withholding tax on income and capital gains derived from U.S. real estate under the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA). </Li> <Li> Transmission of U.S. citizenship to children born abroad . Generally, children born to two U.S. citizen parents abroad are automatically U.S. citizens at birth . When the parents are one U.S. citizen and one non-U.S. citizen, certain conditions about the U.S. citizen's parent's length of time spent in the U.S. need to be met . See United States nationality law for more details . Non-citizen U.S. nationals also have a similar benefit (transmission of non-citizen U.S. nationality to children born abroad). </Li> <Li> Protection from deportation . Naturalized U.S. citizens are no longer considered aliens and cannot be placed into deportation proceedings . </Li> </Ul>

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