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birthright citizenship
[ burth-rahyt sit-uh-zuhn-ship ]
noun
- the practice of automatically granting citizenship to a child born in a particular country, regardless of the citizenship status of the parent or parents:
an end to birthright citizenship.
- the state of having such citizenship:
to grant birthright citizenship to the child of new immigrants.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of birthright citizenship1
Example Sentences
Other court challenges - to Trump's suspension of political asylum processing and refugee resettlement, his attempt to end birthright citizenship and his revocation of temporary protected status for about 350,000 Venezuelans - are currently working their way through the US legal system.
Judge James Ho stood out among conservative judges for his uncompromising support for birthright citizenship.
Because of their birthright citizenship, Eddy and Melanie were able to move in with their uncle in March 2023.
This has been happening all across the government, from the birthright citizenship executive order, which plainly violates the 14th Amendment, to the fact that he is saying, Forget the Constitution, I can tell the states and Congress how they have to run their elections, even though that’s completely at odds with the basic foundation of how American democracy works.
It focused on birthright citizenship and defined it in ways that would not be recognizable to those who included it in the Constitution’s 14th amendment.
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