I think it all matters in the context of how you bring it up. I work with a hispanic man who has acknowledged that he is originally from Guatemala. There was one time we were having a conversation about travel and he mentioned that he didn't know what he needed for documents to travel to Europe. In this case I was able to ask him what his citizenship was without causing offense.
But if you just ask out of the blue, "Hey, what's your immigration status?" You will likely piss that person off. Especially if they are (A) A legal immigrant, (B) A naturalized citizen or they will be extremely pissed off if (C) they are a natural born citizen.
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