Comoros still claims Mayotte and is supported by the United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU). But the Mahorais (the people of Mayotte) prefer to remain French because even if Mayotte is the poorest ...

They note that free people of color—decades before the Civil War and ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868—regularly invoked a common-law version of jus soli: They were citizens of ...

Le droit du sol et le droit du sang désignent les différentes formes d’acquisition de la citoyenneté. Le droit du sol (en latin jus soli) désigne l’obtention de la citoyenneté par la ...

It was reaffirmed during the Revolution and consolidated under successive French Republics. For one, the laws of 26 June 1889 and 10 August 1927 both enshrined jus soli. It has also been applied ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is among more than 30 countries that allow for unrestricted birthright citizenship. Birthright citizenship means that a person born in a country, regardless of their ...