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Record Nr.

UNINA9910717232003321

Autore

Allman Toney

Titolo

Birthright citizenship / / Toney Allman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Diego, California : , : ReferencePoint Press, Incorporated, , [2020]

�2020

ISBN

1-68282-764-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (80 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Collana

Immigration issues

Disciplina

342.7308/3

Soggetti

Citizenship - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"LL file no. 2004-00975."

"June 2004."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter one. The history of birthright citizenship -- Chapter two. Interpreting the fourteenth amendment -- Chapter three. A magnet for undocumented immigrants? -- Chapter four. Birth tourism -- Chapter five. Should birthright citizenship be ended?.

Sommario/riassunto

"Although, as of 2020, President Trump has not carried out his threat to end unrestricted birthright citizenship, the arguments rage about the legality of such an action, the meaning of the Constitution, and the pros and cons of maintaining the policy of granting citizenship to anyone born in the US. It is an extremely complex issue to resolve"--