Birth-right Citizenship is one of the methods of acquiring the citizenship of a country in international law and relations.It falls within the purview of the principle of ius soli according to which ...

President Donald Trump incorrectly said that the US is "the only country" that automatically confers citizenship to children ...

More than 30 countries grant unrestricted birthright citizenship based on the ‘jus soli’ principle – and nearly all of them are in the Western Hemisphere. The reason is more complicated than you might ...

Birth tourism, she said, is not only confined to Chinese tourists, as other nationals such as those from Russia, have taken advantage of America’s jus soli legal principle where being born in ...

Unrestricted birthright citizenship is increasingly rare, and with only a few exceptions, it persists only in countries with ...

The order, signed on Inauguration Day, could impact hundreds of thousands of people born in the country, according to one lawsuit.

The U.S. is among about 30 countries where birthright citizenship — the principle of jus soli or “right of the soil” — is applied. Most are in the Americas, and Canada and Mexico are among them. The ...

Birthright citizenship, also known by the legal term jus soli – "right of the soil" in Latin – is enshrined in the 14th ...

Here’s what to know about Trump’s proposal to add new restrictions in the U.S.—and how that compares to other countries.

President Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) In a sweeping crackdown ...

No. Despite Trump's claim in an NBC interview that the U.S. is the only country that grants citizenship through birth, World ...

These countries grant citizenship to anyone born in that country with no other requirements: In contrast to jus soli, World Population Review shares that 32 other countries offer "jus sanguinis ...