PFC Hudson W. L.@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTrump Just Released His Plan to Revoke Birthright Citizenship. It’s Worse Than Imagined.slate.comexternal-linkmessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1447arrow-down10 cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
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minus-squarenpdean@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoIsn’t birthright citizenship a human right or UN right or something?
minus-squareumt@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-24 months agoNo. To render someone stateless is a HR violation (UDHR article 15), but there are plenty of countries that do not grant citizenship simply because a person is born within their borders (eg most of Europe). But birthright citizenship is Good, imo.
minus-squarenpdean@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 months agoIt is pretty much the peak human rights, to not let a human become a refugee at birth.
minus-squarekoetje78@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-24 months agoThe world is pretty divided in giving citizenship based on the person’s parents or on place of birth: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_sanguinis
Isn’t birthright citizenship a human right or UN right or something?
No.
To render someone stateless is a HR violation (UDHR article 15), but there are plenty of countries that do not grant citizenship simply because a person is born within their borders (eg most of Europe).
But birthright citizenship is Good, imo.
It is pretty much the peak human rights, to not let a human become a refugee at birth.
-:vibe replying:-
The world is pretty divided in giving citizenship based on the person’s parents or on place of birth: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_sanguinis