birthright citizenship

English

Noun

birthright citizenship (countable and uncountable, plural birthright citizenships)

1. The right (unconditional or near-unconditional) of anyone born in the territory of a state to nationality or citizenship.

   Synonym: jus soli

   Coordinate term: jus sanguinis

   • 2025 February 10, Jon Schoenheider, “Federal judge in New Hampshire blocks Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship for kids of people in US illegally”, in WMUR-TV‎^[1]:

     The U.S. is among about 30 countries where birthright citizenship — the principle of jus soli, or “right of the soil” — is applied. Most are in the Americas and Canada and Mexico are among them.

Translations

birthright citizenship

• Finnish: syntymämaaperiaate
• French: droit du sol (fr) m
• German: Bodenprinzip n, Geburtsrechtsprinzip n, Geburtsortsprinzip n, Territorialprinzip n
• Polish: prawo ziemi (pl) n

See also

• anchor baby
• border baby