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British Nationality Act of 1981
Coverage of British Nationality Act of 1981 in the Nexus archive.
- The Latest: Supreme Court is set to rule on Trump’s challenge to birthright citizenship
The Supreme Court is set to rule on President Donald Trump’s challenge to birthright citizenship, determining whether children born to parents in the U.S. illegally or temporarily are American citizens. The decision concludes a term where the court largely favored Trump, including upholding his authority to fire federal agency heads except for Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook. Legal debates contrast U.S. jus soli (citizenship by birthplace) with global practices like jus sanguinis (citizenship by parentage).