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The potential consequences and legal implications of restricting birthright citizenship in the United States, including the impact on U.S.-born children, immigration policies, and the potential for litigation and state-by-state variation in implementation.
would immediately create legal limbo for hundreds of thousands of each year by complicating the issuance of routine identity documents and public-benefit eligibility, and would trigger extensive litig...
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...
Available reporting establishes ’s birthdate and birthplace in secondary sources, but none of the provided sources produce or cite a publicly released primary birth certificate or hospital medical rec...
If birthright rules were changed to deny or limit jus soli, state governments would be squeezed between constitutional limits on federal power and practical responsibilities for births and benefits—ex...