Immigration Policy
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Welcome to the Immigration Policy Project, where you will find information about immigration in the United States. Our coverage includes articles on the concepts, agencies, groups, and legislation that inform immigration policy debates. In addition, we cover immigration at the state-level, providing profiles on the state of immigration in each of the 50 states.
Featured issue: Birthright citizenship
- by being born within the United States or its territories
- by being born to U.S. citizens elsewhere in the world
The legal origins of birthright citizenship are rooted in the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. This clause was interpreted in 1898 by the United States Supreme Court to mean that citizenship could not be denied to any person born in the United States. To learn more, see this article.
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