Safe Havens

(E)  LIFE Act.  The person may have acquired citizenship under the LIFE Act if one parent naturalized after February 27, 2001, or by adoption.  If so, s/he may have become a U.S. citizen without knowing it.[5] 

[5] See INA § 320-321, 8 U.S.C. § § 1430-1431.  The formula for determining the citizenship of an unmarried lawful permanent resident minor whose parents both naturalized prior to his or her 18th birthday is described in I. Kurzban, Kurzban’s Immigration Law Sourcebook 775 (2004); Swanson, Challenging Alienage – Is Your Client a U.S. Citizen, Appendix 9-A, in K. Brady, california criminal law and immigration (2004).