President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14160, titled “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” aiming to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to ...

The US has historically given automatic citizenship to anyone born in the country, but this principle is not the norm ...

At least 33 countries, mostly in the Americas, provide automatic citizenship to anyone born within their borders.

President Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship in the United States. What is it, which other countries apply the policy and who would be affected by the order?

Show Full Article Citizenship is mainly affirmed through jus soli – right of the soil, and jus sanguinis – right of the blood. Countries offering citizenship through jus soli impart citizenship to ...

The vast majority of countries in the rest of the world either do not recognize the jus soli (Latin for ‘right of soil’) principle on which unrestricted birthright citizenship is based or ...