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To: RetiredNow who wrote (1161122)

9/1/2019 12:57:08 PM

From: Brumar89

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Good for you for not penalizing the children of service members born abroad. But ....

But if non-citizens have babies in the US, then those babies should NOT automatically become US citizens.

So if legal immigrants, green card holders, have children in the US, they will NOT be citizens? Why? You'd end up with two classes of legal residents .... only one of which would be citizens.

Birthright citizenship is known as "jus soli" and is common in the Americas:

Birthright citizenship, also referred to as jus soli which is Latin to mean “right of the soil,” is the right of citizenship that one acquires for being born in a particular country regardless of the nationality of their parents. This rule of acquiring citizenship is common in the Americas as compared to the other parts of the world. A study shows that out of the 194 countries that make up the world, only 30 countries grant citizenship by unrestricted jus soli. Almost all European, African, Asian, and Oceanic countries grant their citizenship through the principle of jus sanguinis, meaning "right of blood," whereby children inherit citizenship through their parents but not their birthplace. The following countries allow the principle of jus soli.

United StatesBirthright citizenship in the US dates back to the Fourteenth Amendment. Today, that means that persons born within the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and well Puerto Rico, Guam, the US Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands are granted citizenship at birth. Exceptions include children of foreign diplomats and wartime enemies.

Antigua and BarbudaPersons born in the territory of Antigua and Barbuda are granted citizenship. As of October 31, 1981, exceptions include children of foreign diplomats.

CanadaUnder the 1977 Act, persons born on Canadian soil, in the Canadian territorial sea, or in the airspace above Canada on or after February 15, 1977 are granted Canadian citizenship. Exceptions include the children of foreign governments or employees of foreign governments in Canada.

............Countries Who Offer Birthright Citizenship
Rank?Countries Who Offer Birthright Citizenship

1	Antigua and Barbuda
2	Argentina
3	Barbados
4	Belize
5	Bolivia
6	Brazil
7	Canada
8	Chile
9	Cuba
10	Dominica
11	Ecuador
12	El Salvador
13	Fiji
14	Grenada
15	Guatemala
16	Guyana
17	Honduras
18	Jamaica
19	Mexico
20	Nicaragua
21	Panama
22	Paraguay
23	Peru
24	Saint Kitts and Nevis
25	Saint Lucia
26	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
27	Trinidad and Tobago
28	United States
29	Uruguay
30	Venezuela worldatlas.com