In the News: Birthright Citizenship
In the News: Birthright Citizenship
Billed as a tool to reduce unauthorized immigration, repeal of birthright citizenship would in fact achieve a contrary result: Adding millions of people to the U.S. unauthorized population over time, as children born in the United States to unauthorized or temporary immigrants would lack U.S. citizenship. Our analysis finds repeal of birthright citizenship would increase the unauthorized population by 2.7 million by 2045 and by 5.4 million by 2075. Read the full analysis for more.