Vivianne Petit Frere
Coverage of Vivianne Petit Frere in the Nexus archive.
- President Donald Trump and the citizenship debate: A Tijuana story
Vivianne Petit Frere, a Haitian restaurant owner in Tijuana, Mexico, highlights the contrast between Mexican and U.S. citizenship policies after her granddaughter was automatically granted Mexican citizenship. President Donald Trump's executive order to restrict U.S. birthright citizenship faces a Supreme Court review, despite over 30 countries, including Mexico, having similar laws.
- Mexico, like the US, extends birthright citizenship to children born on its soil
Mexico, like the US, extends birthright citizenship to children born on its soil. President Trump claims the U.S. is the only nation doing so, but Mexico's policy grants citizenship to such children, as exemplified by Vivianne Petit Frere's granddaughter in Tijuana.
- Mexico, like the US, extends birthright citizenship to children born on its soil
Mexico, like the United States, grants automatic citizenship to children born on its soil. The article highlights Vivianne Petit Frere, a Haitian immigrant in Tijuana, whose granddaughter is a Mexican citizen by birth, and discusses President Donald Trump's controversial order to restrict U.S. birthright citizenship, which faces Supreme Court review.