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birthright citizenship

[ burth-rahyt sit-uh-zuhn-ship ]

noun

  1. 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.

  2. the state of having such citizenship:

    to grant birthright citizenship to the child of new immigrants.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of birthright citizenship1

First recorded in 1845–50
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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.

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Judge James Ho stood out among conservative judges for his uncompromising support for birthright citizenship.

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Because of their birthright citizenship, Eddy and Melanie were able to move in with their uncle in March 2023.

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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.

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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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