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US proposes restricting birthright citizenship for some foreign employees' children
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has proposed a new rule that could restrict automatic birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to certain foreign government employees. This expands upon an existing exception that has historically applied to children of foreign diplomats. The proposed change aims to limit automatic citizenship for children born on U.S. soil to parents who are not U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents, with specific exceptions for certain categories of foreign government officials and employees. A preliminary injunction issued in September 2019 had previously blocked a similar effort.
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