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Three currently competing concepts of US citizenship: Blood, Soil, and Race.

What is it about?

This study reveals the three major competing ideas underlying citizenship in legal thinking in the US.

Why is it important?

The notion of citizenship is contested today as part of the immigration debate in the US. Some conservatives want to eliminate "birthright citizenship," because it grants US citizenship to children born in the US--irrespective of the parents legal status. The paper reveals the relative limits and strengths of these three rival notions.

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Otto Santa Ana, Mishna Erana Hernandez, and Kevin Waitkuweit
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