Chacoty v. Kerry

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BARAK CHACOTY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 14-764 (RDM) REX W. TILLERSON, U.S. Secretary of State, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiffs are eighteen Israeli citizens 1 and a Canadian citizen, all of whom were born outside the United States. They contend that they are U.S. citizens by birth pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1401(c). That provision confers birthright citizenship on a person born abroad if both parents are U.S. citizens and one parent “has had a residence in the United States” prior to the person’s…