It's of course not simply those on the political left that defend birthright citizenship (jus soli) as integral to our immigration system, despite what the media suggests. These two articles present a politically conservative case for birthright citizenship. The first offers a detailed legal-constitutional analysis of the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The second from The Federalist appeals more straightforwardly to the values and principles of constitutional conservatism as a basis for rejecting calls for ending birthright citizenship. As the author argues, "nothing is more 'conservative' than birthright citizenship." Indeed.
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