Re:ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Pr...
by BobaFloutist on Saturday April 26, 2025 @06:40PM
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I think birthright citizenship is one of the few examples of America doing something strictly better than most other countries.
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Re:ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Pr...
by oblio on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @04:58PM
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Why? Why should someone be a citizen because they were born in a specific country? With jus sanguinis things are much clearer: one of your parents is a citizen, you're a citizen. Your kids are citizens. In perpetuity.
Jus solis is a bit like right of way at American intersections: the person that's been there the longest goes first. Whaaaaaa? What if two cars arrive at the same time? What if 4 arrive at roughly at the same time? What is people can't agree who arrived first? A lot of the rest of the world gives way to the car coming from the right. Which is obvious and basically non-negotiable.
Similar idea here.