Birthright Citizenship in US

Why is it in news?
  • Recently, U.S President talked about preparing an executive order that would abolish the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship in the United States.
  • It is given under 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
 
Birthright Citizenship in US
  • Birthright citizenship-
  1. Birthright citizenship, or jus soli, a legal term that means “right of the soil,” is the right guaranteed by the 14th Amendment
  2. U.S. citizenship is automatically granted to any person born within and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
  3. Supreme Court also said that anyone born on U.S soil is automatically a citizen.
  • 14th Amendment-
    1.The 14th Amendment is known as a Reconstruction amendment, because it was added to the Constitution after the Civil War in 1868.
    2. The 14th Amendment- Grants citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil.
    3. Document reads it as, “All person born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
  • Current main contentions
  • Conservatives view
    1. 14th Amendment was to apply only to citizens and legal permanent residents,
    2. Not to immigrants who are present in the country without permission.
    3. Misreading of the amendment- Supreme Court ruling in 1898 be valid only to the children of legal residents.
Source
The Hindu, US.gov




Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 2nd Nov 2018
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