Birthright Citizenship

Mae Ngai

Mae Ngai’s article Trump’s Executive Order to Curtail Birthright Citizenship is Part of the Long History of ‘Alien Citizenship’ in the US was published on the London School of Economics blog.

“On the first day of his second administration, President Donald Trump issued a flurry of executive orders, including one to end birthright citizenship for those born in the US to unauthorized migrants and temporary visitors. Mae Ngai writes that the order is the latest part of America’s history of ‘alien citizenship’, where some Americans’ citizenship is deemed suspect or denied on the grounds of race. While Trump’s executive order faces significant legal challenges, America’s history of qualifying citizenship suggests that it may not be overturned.”

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