{"id":366578,"date":"2026-07-02T17:51:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=366578"},"modified":"2026-07-02T17:51:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:21:49","slug":"birthright-citizenship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/birthright-citizenship\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthright Citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>\u00a0The US Supreme Court declared the Trump administration\u2019s executive order ending birthright citizenship unconstitutional and reaffirmed citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About Birthright Citizenship<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_366582\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-366582\" style=\"width: 456px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-366582\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-Inshorts.jpg?resize=456%2C324&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Birthright Citizenship\" width=\"456\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-Inshorts.jpg?resize=300%2C213&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-Inshorts.jpg?resize=768%2C546&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-Inshorts.jpg?w=819&amp;ssl=1 819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-366582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Inshorts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Birthright citizenship<\/strong>\u00a0is the <strong>legal right to citizenship<\/strong> acquired automatically <strong>by birth within a country&#8217;s territory or through one&#8217;s parents.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Core Principles of Citizenship:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jus Soli (Right of the Soil):<\/strong> Citizenship is granted because a person is born within a country&#8217;s territory.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jus Sanguinis (Right of Blood):<\/strong> Citizenship is granted based on the citizenship of one or both parents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>The US System:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Constitutional Basis:<\/strong> The <strong>14 Amendment grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalised<\/strong> in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Supreme Court Ruling:<\/strong> The Court held that <strong>children born in the US are citizens even if their parents are in the country unlawfully or temporarily.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Exceptions<\/strong>: Birthright citizenship does <strong>not apply to children of foreign diplomats or enemies<\/strong> present during hostile occupation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Legal Conflict:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Government\u2019s Argument:<\/strong> The government argued that <strong>such children were not fully subject to US jurisdiction<\/strong> because their parents owed primary allegiance to another country.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Court\u2019s Decision:<\/strong> The Court rejected this argument and <strong>ruled that everyone physically present in the US is subject to its laws, regardless of immigration status.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>Indian Laws Regarding Citizenship<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Constitutional Provisions :<\/strong> <strong>Part II of the Indian Constitution (Articles 5\u201311) deals with citizenship<\/strong> at the commencement of the Constitution.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Article 11 gives Parliament the exclusive power to make laws on citizenship.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nature of Citizenship:<\/strong> India follows <strong>single citizenship<\/strong> and a single domicile.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Legality<\/strong>: The <strong>Citizenship Act, 1955<\/strong> is the main law that governs citizenship in India.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Citizenship Framework:<\/strong> India&#8217;s <strong>citizenship framework has gradually shifted from an open Jus Soli (Right of the Soil)system to a stricter Jus Sanguinis (Right of Blood) system.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Under <strong>Section 3 of the Citizenship Act, 1955, citizenship by birth is governed by different conditions for different time periods.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Modes of Acquiring Citizenship (Citizenship Act, 1955):<\/strong> The Citizenship Act, 1955 provides <strong>four legal methods through which a person can acquire Indian citizenship.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>By Birth:<\/strong> A person can acquire citizenship by birth under Section 3, subject to the conditions applicable during different time periods.<\/li>\n<li><strong>By Descent:<\/strong> A person born outside India can acquire citizenship through Indian parent(s). Births after 3 December 2004 require mandatory consular registration.<\/li>\n<li><strong>By Registration:<\/strong> Eligible Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs), spouses of Indian citizens, and other eligible persons can <strong>acquire citizenship through registration.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>By Naturalisation:<\/strong> Eligible foreign nationals can <strong>acquire citizenship after fulfilling the prescribed residency requirement, which is generally 12 years.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amendments<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1986 Amendment:<\/strong> It <strong>ended unrestricted birthright citizenship<\/strong> by requiring <strong>at least one parent to be an Indian citizen<\/strong> for children born after the amendment came into force.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2003 Amendment:<\/strong> It further restricted citizenship by birth by providing that a <strong>child would not become a citizen if one parent was an illegal immigrant at the time of birth.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019:<\/strong> It <strong>reduced the residency requirement for specified persecuted minorities<\/strong> belonging to <strong>Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian<\/strong> communities from <strong>Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan<\/strong> who entered India on or before 31 December 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:\u00a0The US Supreme Court declared the Trump administration\u2019s executive order ending birthright citizenship unconstitutional and reaffirmed citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment. About Birthright Citizenship Birthright citizenship\u00a0is the legal right to citizenship acquired automatically by birth within a country&#8217;s territory or through one&#8217;s parents. Core Principles of Citizenship: Jus Soli (Right of the Soil): Citizenship is&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/birthright-citizenship\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Birthright Citizenship<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,1760,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-366578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-polity-and-nation","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}