Anchor Babies and the Challenge of Birthright Citizenship

by Leo R. Chavez and Leo R Chavez

Book Overview

Birthright citizenship has a deep and contentious history in the United States, one often hard to square in a country that prides itself on being "a nation of immigrants." Even as the question of citizenship for children of immigrants was seemingly settled by the Fourteenth Amendment, vitriolic debate has continued for well over a century, especially in relation to U.S. race relations. Most recently, a provocative and decidedly more offensive term...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503605094
• ISBN13: 9781503605091
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Stanford Briefs
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 7.9"