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Don’t Assume Trump Is Wrong About Birthright Citizenship
It is widely agreed that “subject to the jurisdiction” excluded the children of diplomats, Native Americans subject and with allegiance to tribal authority (this changed with the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924) and members of invading armies. The common-law principle of jus soli also excluded these groups. The crucial question is, why?
What Does Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Mean for Immigrants?
The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868, after the Civil War, with the intention of granting full citizenship rights to freed African American slaves; its birthright citizenship clause has since been interpreted to include all U.S.-born children, regardless of parental immigration status.
Johnson previously said at a Senate hearing that the U.S. is in the "minority" of countries that grant birthright citizenship ...
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is leading 17 states in an amicus brief supporting the Trump administration's executive ...
In United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 (1898), the Supreme Court thoroughly examined the meaning and intent of the 14th Amendment as it applies to birthright citizenship. The Court ...
A reading of the 14th Amendment grants Congress the authority to end birthright citizenship, the Constitution Leadership Initiative’s Gary Porter writes in a guest column ...
With the meaning of the 14th Amendment firmly established ... distinguish three distinct groups that would not be entitled to birthright citizenship: the children of ambassadors and agents ...
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Who Gets To Be American? The High-Stakes Debate Over Birthright CitizenshipPresident Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14160, titled “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” ...
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