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Old 02-09-2008, 02:57 PM
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Default Re: Should birthright citizenship continue?

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Originally Posted by Adept1 View Post
If an American citizen has their baby overseas or in a foreign country is it denied its American citizenship? Is it automatically a citizen of ANY of those other countries. NO
We are the ONLY country in the world that "grants" citizenship by birthright.
I am sure the laws have been revamped since there are no longer two Germanies but when my cousin was born in West Germany, he was automatically granted citizenship there.
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