Some foreigners do give birth in the U.S. because they want their babies to obtain U.S. citizenship, but this amounts to a small portion of births annually, and there are policies in place to prevent that. The 14th Amendment passed after the end of slavery, a key legal provision that confers birthright citizenship. But courts have held since that the amendment applies to the children of immigrants, not just the children of enslaved people. And the U.S. is not alone in conferring birthright citizenship...
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