Birthright Citizenship Needs to Change

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16 points·huihuiilly··6 comments

Almost every single country in the world has a birthright citizenship concept. First generation immigrants will always be at a disadvantage in this regard. One of the reasons behind this is to reduce foreign influence. To prevent someone without strong ties to the nation they govern from coming into positions of power over those nations.

I'm unconvinced that the policies regarding this need to change. That isn't to say that we shouldn't dramatically change how immigration works... imho, if you have a job (that pays on average what the rest of the company's employees make, and up to 25% of a company as guest workers) and a place to stay (verifiable residence secured) with a handful of other provisions (no felonies, esl, history and civics courses while in country) you should be able to get a guest worker visa and after a decade apply for citizenship.

I don't think so. UK doesn't allow that. Only 30 countries do: https://www.businessinsider.com/countries-that-recognize-bir...

That list seems off. Multiple European countries that I know of should be on that list.

And those countries are?

Are other countries more, or less strict?

That is using "birthright citizenship" as a synonym for jus soli birthright citizenship. This article is looking at birthright citizenship more broadly and is including jus sanguinis in its definition of birthright citizenship. Virtually every country[1] has birthright citizenship under this broader definition.

[1] The only exception I'm aware of is Vatican City, where citizenship is based on appointment to a position in the church.

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