Scope: Federal
Branch: Legislative
Severity: Amber
Date occurred: January 21, 2025
H.R. 569, the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2025, was introduced in the House and would establish statutory criteria limiting automatic citizenship at birth based on the status of a child's parents. The bill was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary on January 21, 2025.
Constitutional basis: Statutory narrowing of the Fourteenth Amendment Citizenship Clause rests on a contested reading of 'subject to the jurisdiction thereof'; bill remains in committee.