U.S. Citizenship of Persons Born in the United States to Alien Parents [electronic resource].

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Publication:

[S.l] : [s.n.], 2007.

Format/Description:

Government document
Book
1 online resource (23 p., digital, PDF file)

Subjects:

Aliens.
Constitutional amendments.
Constitutional law.

Summary:

Reviews historical development of tenet of U.S. citizenship that a person born in the U.S. to alien parents is a U.S. citizen, including the Fourteenth Amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1866; and examines legislative proposals to exclude the children of illegal and nonimmigrant aliens from automatic birthright citizenship, including proposed constitutional and statutory amendments.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
CRS Report.

Other format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. U.S. Citizenship of Persons Born in the United States to Alien Parents

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

Online:

Connect to full text
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1694791

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