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Trump Says He’ll Issue an Executive Order Ending Birthright Citizenship — a Constitutionally Protected Right (truthout.org)

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[–] iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Not every country gives citizenship to people born there.

There are two basic models:

citizenship by soil
citizenship by blood

In some countries you can be a 3rd or 4th generation resident but not have citizenship if none of your ancestors had citizenship.

In other countries you can be a citizen even if neither you nor any of your parents or grandparents actually lived in the country, but you have an ancestor who did.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_sanguinis

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, but I didn’t say that’s how citizenship works in every country.