Birthright Citizenship: Citizenship, Part 5

Center for Civic Education; Birthright Citizenship: Citizenship, Part 5

What is birthright citizenship and how might American citizenship change in the future? Professor Henry L. Chambers Jr. of the University of Richmond School of Law explains the concept of birthright citizenship and discusses way that the concept of citizenship might change over time.

Civil Discourse: An American Legacy is funded under the 2022 Leonore Annenberg Civic Mission of the Nation Initiative,  sponsored by the Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics. LAIC is a project of the Annenberg  Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

60-Second Civics, Episode 5346, April 4, 2025 (a rebroadcast of Episode 4986, September 29, 2023)

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Also see:

VOX: Why the US has birthright citizenship

Rep Ted Lieu: Birthright citizenship is as American as apple pie.

VOA Learning English: News Words: Executive Order | Birthright Citizenship

VOA News: What is birthright citizenship?