More than 30 countries grant unrestricted birthright citizenship based on the ‘jus soli’ principle – and nearly all of them ...

In a world where people are more mobile than ever, nations are struggling to recalibrate who can be a citizen.

Birthright citizenship is a shield of protection to anyone born in this country, as close to a national self-definition as we ...

Since the adoption of the 14th Amendment in 1868, the United States has recognized birthright citizenship; that is, if a ...

However, in most cases these countries turned toward a different type of birthright citizenship that has its roots in European law: jus sanguinis (‘right of blood’), which is generally based ...

Most other countries confer citizenship based on whether at least one parent — jus sanguinis, or “right of blood” — is a citizen, or have a modified form of birthright citizenship that may ...

If Trump snatches this unrestricted jus soli, Indians will have no scope of getting a green card ever in their lives & must leave the US once they retire, much like in gulf countries.