| Trump has gone to the Supreme Court to argue against birthright citizenship 18:07 - Apr 1 with 1792 views | ElderGrizzly |
It’s going as well as you’d expect with his best ever Deputy AG
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| Trump has gone to the Supreme Court to argue against birthright citizenship on 08:48 - Apr 2 with 211 views | DJR |
| Trump has gone to the Supreme Court to argue against birthright citizenship on 08:35 - Apr 2 by Swansea_Blue |
It is a bit isn’t it. Aren’t all South American countries former colonies? The US and Canada are relatively new countries as well. So maybe that timing together with the geography could have something to do with it. At a guess anyway. |
Unrestricted birthright citizenship existed in the UK until it was abolished in 1983 by the British Nationality Act 1981.
It has similarly been restricted in much of Europe in recent decades.
Wikipedia gives this explanation for the position of the Americas.
Jus soli is the predominant rule in the Americas; explanations for this geographical phenomenon include the establishment of lenient laws by past European colonial powers to entice immigrants from the Old World and displace native populations in the New World, along with the emergence of successful wars of independence movements that widened the definition and granting of citizenship, as a prerequisite to the abolishment of slavery since the 19th century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ [Post edited 2 Apr 8:50]
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| Trump has gone to the Supreme Court to argue against birthright citizenship on 11:00 - Apr 2 with 155 views | pistolpete |
This would mean that 3 of his children will have to leave the country as they were born before his 1st wife, Ivana, was granted US citizenship! [Post edited 2 Apr 11:02]
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| Trump has gone to the Supreme Court to argue against birthright citizenship on 11:38 - Apr 2 with 129 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Trump has gone to the Supreme Court to argue against birthright citizenship on 11:00 - Apr 2 by pistolpete |
This would mean that 3 of his children will have to leave the country as they were born before his 1st wife, Ivana, was granted US citizenship! [Post edited 2 Apr 11:02]
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Does his proposal mean that both parents have to be US citizens? I thought it was just one, as it is here. |  |
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