Legislation Denying Citizenship at Birth to Certain Children Born in the United States

Legislation Denying Citizenship at Birth to Certain Children Born in the United States A bill that would deny citizenship to children bora in the United States to certain classes of alien parents is unconstitutional on its face. A constitutional amendm ent to restrict birthright citizenship, although not technically unlawful, would flatly contradict the N ation’s constitutional history and constitutional traditions. December 13, 1995 Sta tem en t B efore the S u b c o m m it t e e s on I m m ig r a t io n and C l a im s and on the C o n s t it u t io n o f the H o u s e C o m m it t e e on…