At the end of his post on birthright citizenship, Mike Ramsey writes: "On the other hand, for nonoriginalists, the case against birthright citizenship in light of modern circumstances (which are quite different from the time the Amendment was adopted) might seem considerably stronger." Some yea...
History bears out the connection between nationalism and identity-based discrimination. Governments that have sought to preserve a single dominant culture have routinely discriminated against ethnic minority groups. In its worst — and far from uncom...
After a few years, the case eventually reached the highest level of authority – the Supreme Court. The Justices in the Supreme Court ultimately ruled in Wong Kim Ark’s favor, determining that citizenship for all people going forward should be based on where the individual was born, not on ...
I think that birthright citizenship is a policy good because it provides the surest pathway for the long-term integration of migrant communities. This is especially important in a country like the United States where almost everyone’s ancestors are from somewhere else. It may create some odd ca...
Dozens of media outlets are reporting in unison that Donald Trump cannot stop the U.S. government from awarding birthright citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants. They claim this is the case because the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires it. ...
Birthright citizenship is an interpretation of the previously quoted section of the 14th Amendment: that by simply being born on U.S. soil, you are automatically granted U.S. citizenship. This has been the historic interpretation of the amendment. However, the border crisis has been incentivized...
I first explain how arguments both for and against the DREAM Act reflect some mix of fairness and pragmatism. Though birthright citizenship seems different from the DREAM Act, the arguments are similar. I next show that although children figure much more prominently in the DREAM Act and ...
So, the deal, you just said, would give any future president and the current one new authorities. So, on the trail, Trump has vowed to block legal immigrants based on their beliefs, to end birthright citizenship, to carry out mass deportations, and he has not ruled out separating kids ...
In the case of immigration, the primary definition change relates to the term “birthright citizenship.”In 1828, the official American definition of “birthright” was –“any right which results from descent.” In modern terms, a birthright is any right which one inherits from natural ...
MARGARET BRENNAN: Right. So the deal you just said would give any future president and the current one new authorities. So on the trail, Trump has vowed to block legal immigrants based on their beliefs to end birthright citizenship, to carry out mass deportations, and ...