birthright citizenship
noun[U]
uk/ˌbɜːθ.raɪt ˈsɪt.ɪ.zən.ʃɪp/us/ˌbɝːθ.raɪt ˈsɪt̬.ə.zən.ʃɪp/citizenship(= thefactof being amemberof acountryand having thelegalrightsconnectedwith that)that is given in somecountriesto allchildrenwho arebornthere,eveniftheirparentsare notcitizens:
出生公民权Opponents ofbirthrightcitizenshiparguethat itattractsmoreillegalimmigrants.反对出生公民权的人认为这会吸引更多非法移民。
- Hesupportsthedeportationofpeoplewhooverstaytheirvisasandendingbirthrightcitizenshiptochildrenofillegalimmigrants.
- They havefiledabillthat wouldrestrictbirthrightcitizenshiptochildrenwho have at least oneparentwithlegalresidentstatusor UScitizenship.
- Canada alsoallowsforbirthrightcitizenship.
- Mostcountriesdo not have abirthrightcitizenshiprule,evenfor thechildrenofalienswho arelawfulresidents.
Countries, nationalities & continents: country & nation
- body politic
- BRICS
- coast
- countrywide
- cross-border
- domestic
- domestically
- dual
- dual citizen
- dual national
- motherland
- nation
- non-indigenous
- non-national
- noncitizen
- nuclear power
- offshoring
- statehood
- superpower
- transnational