Birthright Citizenship Under the 14th Amendment of Persons Born in the United States to Alien Parents
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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.
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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.
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Lee, Margaret Mikyung.Birthright Citizenship Under the 14th Amendment of Persons Born in the United States to Alien Parents,
report,
August 12, 2010;
Washington D.C..
(https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc491556/:
accessed February 10, 2025),
University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.