PFC Hudson W. L.@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoTrump Just Released His Plan to Revoke Birthright Citizenship. It’s Worse Than Imagined.slate.comexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1272arrow-down15 cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1267arrow-down1external-linkTrump Just Released His Plan to Revoke Birthright Citizenship. It’s Worse Than Imagined.slate.comPFC Hudson W. L.@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square55fedilink cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squareumt@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-27 months agoNo. To render someone stateless is a HR violation (UDHR article 15), but there are plenty of countries that do not grant citizenship simply because a person is born within their borders (eg most of Europe). But birthright citizenship is Good, imo.
minus-squarenpdean@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoIt is pretty much the peak human rights, to not let a human become a refugee at birth.
No.
To render someone stateless is a HR violation (UDHR article 15), but there are plenty of countries that do not grant citizenship simply because a person is born within their borders (eg most of Europe).
But birthright citizenship is Good, imo.
It is pretty much the peak human rights, to not let a human become a refugee at birth.