Big surprise: what Trump wrote about birthright citizenship is wrong. [View all]
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Here is one of Trump's "Truth Social" posts: “We are the only Country in the World STUPID enough to allow ‘Birthright’ Citizenship!”
In fact, the United States (via the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution) is one of several countries that grant birthright citizenship based on place of birth (jus soli), but it is not unique.
The following countries have broad or near-automatic jus soli (These generally grant citizenship to almost anyone born on their territory):
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
Argentina
Most countries in the Americas (Western Hemisphere)
The following countries have conditional birthright citizenship (These allow it only under certain conditions, e.g., parents are legal residents):
United Kingdom
Australia
France
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