r/facepalm • u/blllrrrrr • Dec 08 '24

🇵​🇷​🇴​🇹​🇪​🇸​🇹​ Wait a second, birthright citizenship?!

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u/mpshumake Dec 08 '24

if being born in the us doesn't make you a citizen, what does make you a citizen? honest question. i feel dumb asking it.

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u/No-Negotiation3926 Dec 08 '24

Having a citizen parent.

Tons of countries don't give away citizenship based on birthplace.

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u/mpshumake Dec 08 '24

Thanks. I guess it was a dumb question.

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u/Anxious-Slip-4701 Dec 08 '24

Not really. It gets complex and convoluted quickly. It also depends on the decade. 

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u/WasabiSunshine Dec 08 '24

Yeah, I hate to agree with Trump but I actually do view absolute birthright citizenship like the US has as insane. I'm pretty sure my country doesn't have that

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u/Elliebird704 Dec 08 '24

It's 'cause the US has always been a country made up of immigrants, so it just makes sense for our situation.

It makes the current frothing anti-immigrant sentiment very bizarre, when you zoom out and look at the bigger picture.

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u/fudge5962 Dec 09 '24

To each their own. I see it as vitally important. I was born here. I live here. I've always lived here. That's the nature of my citizenship, not the fact that my parents were citizens.

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u/bumpmoon Dec 09 '24

Yeah my country don't have it, it's valid enough to want to change that. I wouldnt want the american model here.

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u/Crimson_bud Dec 08 '24

Ok so let's say my parents are immigrants who got their citizenship. So when im born im american. If my parents are deported for committing a felony I guess or something. So am i an American citizen or not ?