Have there been efforts in the past to alter birthright citizenship?

Hispanic groups and other advocates for immigrants say there is little evidence that "birthright citizenship" serves as a lure.

In 2011, he joined a coalition of state legislators from various states opposing birthright citizenship.

She thus has birthright citizenship there, though she did not publicly admit this until late in her career.

He opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants.

In both of these situations, the birthright citizenship is passed on to their children, born decades later.

The report alleged that if birthright citizenship were eliminated, every baby in the United States would be subject to this cost.

Finally, the report claimed that eliminating birthright citizenship would not reduce illegal immigration.

Since 2004, no European country grants unconditional birthright citizenship.

Thus they have sought to end birthright citizenship, through a constitutional amendment or a congressional act.