Birthright Citizenship Under the 14th Amendment of Persons Born in the United States to Alien Parents

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children.

Citizenship.

Civil rights.

Constitutional amendments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2012

Summary:

Reviews historical development of tenet of U.S. citizenship that a person born in the U.S. to alien parents is a U.S. citizen, including the Fourteenth Amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1866; and examines legislative proposals to exclude the children of illegal and nonimmigrant aliens from automatic birthright citizenship, including proposed constitutional and statutory amendments

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. Birthright Citizenship Under the 14th Amendment of Persons Born in the United States to Alien Parents

Publisher Number:

CRS-2015-AML-0297

Access Restriction:

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