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Undated: Citizenship of the United States[2][3] is a status that entails specific rights, duties and benefits. Citizenship is understood as a "right to have rights" since it serves as a foundation of fundamental rights derived from and protected by the Constitution and laws of the United States, such as the right to freedom of expression, vote, due process, live and work in the United States, and to receive federal assistance.[4][5] Certain rights are so fundamental that they are guaranteed to all persons, not just citizens. These include those rights guaranteed by the first 8 Amendments that pertain to individuals. However, not all U.S. citizens, such as those living in Puerto Rico, have the right to vote in federal elections.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_of_the_United_States
Undated: Birthright citizenship in the United States is acquired by virtue of the circumstances of birth. It contrasts with citizenship acquired in other ways, for example by naturalization.[1] Pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), U.S. citizenship is automatically granted to any person born within and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States (known as jus soli).[2] This includes the territories of Puerto Rico, the Marianas (Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands), and the U.S. Virgin Islands.[3][4] Birthright citizenship also applies to children born elsewhere in the world to U.S. citizens (with certain exceptions), known as jus sanguinis.
The policy stems from the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, stating "[a]ll persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside", and was meant to override the 1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford decision that denied African Americans citizenship.[5] The application of birthright citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants remains controversial.[6] The Pew Hispanic Center estimates that approximately 7.5% of all births in the U.S. (about 300,000 births per year) are to unauthorized immigrants.[7] The Pew Hispanic Center also estimates that there are 4.5 million children who were born to unauthorized immigrants that received citizenship via birth in the United States; while the Migration Policy Institute estimates that there are 4.1 million children. Both estimates exclude anyone eighteen and older who might have benefited.[7][8]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthright_citizenship_in_the_United_States
-- 2018 --
August 7: ... the Trump administration wants to limit citizenship for legal immigrants
The most significant change to legal immigration in decades could affect millions of would-be citizens, say lawyers and advocates.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/now-trump-administration-wants-limit-citizenship-legal-immigrants-n897931
October 30: President Trump said in a newly released interview he plans to sign an executive order ending so-called "birthright citizenship" for babies of non-citizens born on U.S. soil -- a move that would mark a major overhaul of immigration policy and trigger an almost-certain legal battle.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-he-plans-to-sign-executive-order-ending-birthright-citizenship
October 30: Can Trump End Birthright Citizenship?
Both an executive order from President Trump and a statute passed by Congress and signed by the President, would be quickly brought before the federal court system, once again showing that our constitutional republic was built to withstand the passions of the moment.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckdevore/2018/10/30/can-trump-end-birthright-citizenship/#195d59641c44
October 30: Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson says his office will immediately sue the Trump administration if the president follows through on plans to end birthright citizenship by executive order.
In a statement Tuesday, Ferguson, a Democrat viewed as a possible 2020 candidate for governor, echoed many critics of President Donald Trump’s claim that he could end citizenship for children born in the U.S. to noncitizens by fiat, without amending the Constitution.
“No matter how much he may want to appeal to the alt-right, President Trump can’t alter the Constitution through executive order. If he tries, we will immediately take him to court — and defeat him again,” Ferguson said.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/washington-ag-bob-ferguson-says-state-will-sue-if-trump-tries-to-overturn-birthright-citizenship/
October 31: Harry Reid Explains His Evolution on Birthright Citizenship, Jabs Back at Trump
“In 1993, around the time Donald Trump was gobbling up tax-free inheritance money from his wealthy father and driving several companies into bankruptcy, I made a mistake,” Reid said in a statement.
“And in my 36 years in Washington, there is no more valuable lesson I learned than the strength and power of immigrants and no issue and I worked harder on than fixing our broken immigration system,” Reid said. “I had the privilege of learning from heroes like Astrid Silva who came to this nation as a little girl and has emerged as a powerful leader.”
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/harry-reid-emerges-punch-donald-trump-explains-evolution-birthright-citizenship
October 31: Trump claims he can defy Constitution and end birthright citizenship
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/30/politics/donald-trump-ending-birthright-citizenship/index.html
November 4: Would Trump's own son be affected by an order eliminating birthright citizenship?
"Barron Trump was born in March 2006 and Melania wasn’t a legal citizen until July 2006. So under this executive order, his own son wouldn’t be an American citizen."
https://www.politifact.com/facebook-fact-checks/statements/2018/nov/04/blog-posting/would-trumps-own-son-be-affected-order-eliminating/
Undated: Under certain circumstances, children may acquire U.S. citizenship from their parents. The Naturalization Act of 1790 provided for birthright citizenship for children born out of U.S. jurisdiction to two citizen parents. In 1855, this was extended to children with citizen fathers and noncitizen mothers,[16] and, in 1934, to children with citizen mothers and noncitizen fathers.[17] From 1940 until 1978, a child born abroad who acquired U.S. citizenship at birth but had only one U.S. citizen parent had to fulfill a "retention requirement" of residing, or being physically present, in the United States or its outlying possessions for a certain number of years before reaching a specified age. Otherwise the child would not retain the U.S. citizenship (hence the name "retention requirement"). The retention requirement was changed several times, eliminated in 1978, and subsequently eliminated with retroactive effect in 1994.[18]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthright_citizenship_in_the_United_States
November 21: An appeals court on Wednesday denied the Trump administration’s emergency request to delay a trial underway over a controversial citizenship question the government wants to add to the 2020 census.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York said it was denying the request for similar reasons to those laid out by a federal judge the day before.
The trial, which began November 5, is one of several challenging the government’s March decision to add the question. Administration officials said it was necessary to enforce the Voters Rights Act. But opponents see it as a partisan move that will depress response rates in Democrat-majority jurisdictions with a high portion of immigrants, who they say will be scared to complete the survey.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/trump-administration-loses-appeal-to-delay-census-citizenship-trial/2018/11/21/c9b71f7a-edd5-11e8-8679-934a2b33be52_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.adee33541719
November 21: The Invisible American in a Saudi Prison Cell
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered scores of businessmen, princes, clerics, scholars and activists rounded up. Among them was an American citizen, Walid Fitaihi.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/21/world/middleeast/saudi-american-prisoner-walid-fitaihi.html
-- 2019 --
January 14: Judge Orders Trump Administration To Remove 2020 Census Citizenship Question
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/15/671283852/judge-orders-trump-administration-to-remove-2020-census-citizenship-question?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20190115&utm_campaign=breakingnews&utm_term=nprnews
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