CITIZENSHIP: The UK ended birthright citizenship in 1983. Australia did so in 1986. India did in 1987. Ireland followed in 2005. New Zealand followed in 2006. Many European democracies have long required a parental tie. Canada and the United States have stood almost alone among developed nations in preserving unconditional jus soli. It is no mark of virtue to maintain a policy that our peers have rejected as unwise. SCOTUS must end it in 2026.
CITIZENSHIP: The UK ended birthright citizenship in 1983. Australia did so in 1986. India did in 1987. Ireland followed in 2005. New Zealand followed in 2006. Many European democracies have long required a parental tie. Canada and the United States have stood almost alone among… pic.twitter.com/JALwmSEGq6
— @amuse (@amuse) December 8, 2025
Legal challenges to attempts to end birthright citizenship in the U.S. are ongoing: several federal courts have blocked actions aiming to remove jus soli, citing the 14th Amendment.