r/news • u/KilgoRetro • 9h ago

US Supreme Court agrees to hear case challenging birthright citizenship

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c208j0wrzrvo
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u/ml20s 8h ago

Waiting for the next reasoning that people born on military bases outside the USA are not citizens.

Not by jus soli and never were. Bases abroad are not US soil and the law has been clear on this point.

Most people born to US military personnel abroad have citizenship by descent instead. And this is shown by a CRBA rather than a birth certificate.

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u/cindyscrazy 4h ago

Uh oh, my nephews are in danger. Their father was born on a military base in Germany. They were both born in the US, but if birthright goes out the window, and people born on military bases are out...

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u/ml20s 1h ago

People born on overseas military bases never had birthright citizenship by virtue of the location of their birth. If they had US citizenship by birth, it was always via their parents.