A nearly 160-year-old constitutional right is under fire from the Trump administration, birthright citizenship. But is the US different from other nations?

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according to World Population Review map of birthright citizenship around the globe. Amid a rise of anti-immigrant sentiment, Trump has questioned automatic citizenship for the children of ...

Both U.S. neighbors, Canada and Mexico, allow for unrestricted birthright citizenship as well as all but two countries in South America. In the Eastern Hemisphere, Lesotho, Tanzania and Pakistan are ...