Birthright Citizenship — Civic term

What it means

Citizenship acquired by being born in the United States. The Fourteenth Amendment's Citizenship Clause provides that all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to its jurisdiction, are citizens both of the United States and of the state where they live.

Definition drawn from law.cornell.edu · last verified 2026-08-17

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How it's being covered

476 stories in Sift's index, from 40 outlets.

Filed 2025-06-29 — 2026-09-26.

Counts stories whose headline or summary uses the term, plus stories where Sift's own reading notes flagged it — many pieces turn on a term they never spell out in the headline.

Across the spectrum

Left137 stories
Center139 stories
Right156 stories

Positions are AllSides' published ratings, shown for the outlets that filed these stories. 44 stories are counted in the total above but not placed here — either the outlet has no published rating, or Sift has not yet matched the name it files under to a dossier.

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