What two distinctions determine citizenship by birth in the United States?

The policy stems from the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution stating 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 The Pew Hispanic Center estimates that approximately 7.5% of all births in the U. S are to unauthorized immigrants 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

Answer

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The distinctions are;

• Both the parents are U. S citizens at the kid was born

• The parents are married and one/both of the parent lives in the U. S before the kid is born

Explanation

A child born in the U. S or in it territories automatic receives American Citizenship. All individuals born or naturalized in the U. S have the jurisdiction of obtaining U. S citizenship and that of the state they are born. A child can acquire citizenship of the U. S through birth to U. S citizen parents irrespective of the pace of birth.

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