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

Lee, Margaret Mikyung

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Citizenship -- U.S.;    Illegal aliens;    Immigration policy;    Immigration law;   

RP-ID  :  RL33079
RP-ID  :  RL33079_2010Aug12

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report provides background information on birthright citizenship to alien parents in the U.S. The report ends with a detail of amendments in the 112th Congress that would amend the Constitution to exclude from citizenship at birth persons born in the United States whose parents are unlawfully present in the United States or are non-immigrant aliens.