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Who is born a US citizen?

  • Written by Carol Nackenoff, Richter Professor of Political Science, Swarthmore College
Who is born a US citizen?Some people are U.S. citizens at birth, like this baby born in California.Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock.com

A recent court ruling about faraway American Samoa may have profound implications for a conflict that’s been going on for nearly 200 years: who gets to be an American citizen.

Debates over who gets citizenship and what kind of citizenship...

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