Was there ever a law passed saying if one gave birth to a child in the US the bearer is granted citizenship?

Question

...and under what president was it passed under?

Answer 1

not a law, its a constitutional amendment, for the person born. nothing for the one giving birth.

Answer 2

It's the constitution, not a statute: Birthright citizenship is based on the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which was originally enacted to ensure civil rights for the newly freed slaves after the Civil War. Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment states, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside." So the kids are citizens and the parents can technically be deported, but usually aren't. Once the children turn 21, in some circumstances, they can sponsor the citizenship of the parents.

Answer 3

surely the youngster's start place determines theur residency, no longer the determine's nationality or citizenship. many ladies surely do come to the U.S. and make confident they have their little ones interior the U.S. so as that the youngster is considered a citizen. Now, back to the question. If it occurs on the embassy grounds the youngster is a U.S. citizen. this is why while a U.S. citizen commits against the regulation foreign places and runs to the embassy they are shielded from the regulation of that land except the ambassador turns them mover with the aid of fact the embassy falls decrease than the guidelines and rules of the U.S.

Answer 4

Not that I know of. The child is considered an American citizen and is granted the rights under the Constitution. There are other laws pertaining to the parent(s)

Answer 5

There are none that I know of, though a child born overseas to an American parent can become, or is a citizen. Military bases are considered US Soil!

There was a time period set up for the end of carte blanche immigration in the US Constitution!

Answer 6

The only automatic way to be a citizen is to be born here, other than that you have to apply for citizenship. There was recently a bill proposed that would give some others automatic citizenship, but that bill was rejected by Bush.

Answer 7

There was a woman in CHICAGO that holed up in a church to keep from being deported.
Read the story here....
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/local_story_242091514.html

She ws born in Mexico but her son was a citizen and she wanted to stay in the usa because of him....
she has not left the church in over 11 months!

Answer 8

In school in Switzerland I've been taught that children born in the USA will get citizenship, but I don't know whether this is according to a law or to a minor rule.

Answer 9

None that I know of and I've worked in the legal field for 23 years.

Answer 10

there is no such law.

the Child is a US citizen, but the parent does not get automatic citizenship.