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