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Public Benefits for Mixed-Status Families

The access to public benefits for U.S.-born children of noncitizen parents, including the challenges and barriers faced by these families.

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Jan 31, 2026
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What rights and benefits do US-born children confer to their noncitizen parents?

A child born on U.S. soil is, by long-standing constitutional interpretation, a U.S. citizen at birth, a status that does not automatically change the immigration or criminal exposure of the child’s n...