What Ireland and Germany Can Teach Us About Birthright Citizenship

Scritto il 02/06/2026
da Lydia DePillis, Megan Specia and Tatiana Firsova

President Trump has argued that the United States is “stupid” for granting citizenship at birth. Most countries don’t do so, but that can create problems.Mariam Sobayo was born in Dublin in February 2005, a few weeks after the country halted its longstanding practice of granting citizenship to all children born on Irish soil.