birthright citizenship
Americannoun
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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.
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the state of having such citizenship.
to grant birthright citizenship to the child of new immigrants.
Etymology
Origin of birthright citizenship
First recorded in 1845–50
Example Sentences
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It says that the conference’s opposition to stripping folks of birthright citizenship “is motivated by their firmly held belief that each person is endowed by God with an inherent dignity that confers certain universal, inviolable, and inalienable rights.”
From Slate
The brief does walk through the legal and historical arguments in favor of birthright citizenship.
From Slate
The Supreme Court didn’t issue an opinion on birthright citizenship.
Many of our members who have been plaintiffs in the birthright citizenship case that we brought wanted to advocate publicly in the media.
From Slate
For us, when we are bringing a lawsuit, which we did in the context of birthright citizenship, that’s now also a class-action lawsuit, we do so because our members reach out to us and tell us that they’re worried about something, or that they’re being impacted by a policy, or that they’re scared that they could be in the future.
From Slate
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