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Arizona and National Immigration Crisis: Birthright Citizenship

Covers Arizona & the nation's immigration crisis. Designed for Rebellious Lawyering trainings, the content reflects the work of June Kim, RA Tara Kearns, & Professor Gerald P. López. PLEASE NOTE: This guide is not currently being updated.

Books

Citizenship Today: Global Perspectives and Practices by Aleinikoff, T. Alexander and Klusmeyer, Douglas
Call Number: K 3224 .C568 2001
ISBN: 0870031848
Law Library
Theorizing Citizenship by Beiner, Ronald
Call Number: JF 801 .T465 1995
ISBN: 0791423360
Law Library & Young Research Library
The Citizen and the Alien: Dilemmas of Contemporary Membership by Bosniak, Linda
Call Number: K 3224 .B67 2006
ISBN: 0691116229
Law Library & Young Research Library
The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation by Chavez, Leo R.
Call Number: PN 4888 .H57 C43 2008
ISBN: 0804759332
Young Research Library
The Founders on Citizenship and Immigration: Principles and Challenges in America by Erler, Edward J.
Call Number: JV 6465 .E75 2007
ISBN: 0742558541
Young Research Library
Americans No More by Geyer, Georgie Anne
Call Number: JV 6455 .G49 1996
ISBN: 0871136503
College, Law Library & Young Research Library
Rights Across Borders: Immigration and the Decline of Citizenship by Jacobson, David
Call Number: JF 801 .J34 1997
ISBN: 0801857708
College Library & Law Library
Citizenship in a Global World: Comparing Citizenship Rights for Aliens by Kondo, Atsushi
Call Number: JV 6035 .C55 2001
ISBN: 0333802659
Law Library & Young Research Library
Race Law Stories by Moran, Rachel F. & Carbado, Devon Wayne
Call Number: KF 4755 .R336 2008
ISBN: 159941001X
Law Library Reserves
Americans In Waiting: The Lost Story of Immigration and Citizenship in the United States by Motomura, Hiroshi
Call Number: JV 6483 .M67 2006
ISBN: 0195163451
Law Library & Young Research Library
Latinos and Citizenship: The Dilemma of Belonging by Oboler, Suzanne
Call Number: E 184 .S75 L3675 2006
ISBN: 1403967393
Young Research Library
Citizenship Without Consent: Illegal Aliens in the American Polity by Schuck, Peter H. & Smith, Rogers M.
Call Number: KF 4704 .S38 1985
Law Library & Young Research Library
Beyond Citizenship: American Identity After Globalization by Spiro, Peter J.
Call Number: KF 4700 .S65 2008
ISBN: 0195152182
Young Research Library
The Birthright Lottery: Citizenship and Global Inequality by Shachar, Ayelet
Call Number: K 3224 .S53 2009
ISBN: 0674032713
Law Library Stacks

Full-Text Documents

U.S. Citizenship of Persons Born in the United States to Alien Parents
Margaret Mikyung Lee, CRS Report RL 33079, March 1, 2007. [Downloaded from WikiLeaks]
The Demographic Impacts of Repealing Birthright Citizenship
Jennifer Van Hook & Michael Fix, MPI Insight, September 2010.

Journal Articles

Mark Shawhan, The Significance of Domicile in Lyman Trumbull's Conception of Citizenship, 119 Yale L.J. 1351 (2010). LexisNexis | Westlaw

Linda Bosniak, Persons and Citizens in Constitutional Thought, 8 Int'l J. Const. L. 9 (2010). Westlaw

Addressing the Call for the Elimination of Birthright Citizenship in the United States: Constitutional and Pragmatice Reasons To Keep Birthright Citizenship Intact
Katherine Pettit, 15 Tul. J. Int'l & Comp. L. 265 (2006).
Anchor Babies, Over-Breeders, and the Population Bomb: The Reemergence of Nativism and Population Control in Anti-Immigration Policies
Priscilla Huang, 2 Harv. L. & Pol'y Rev. 385 (2008).
Beyond Presidential Eligibility: The Natural Born Citizen Clause as a Source of Birthright Citizenship
William T. Han, 58 Drake L. Rev. 457 (2010).
The Birthright Citizenship Amendment: A Threat to Equality
107 Harv. L. Rev. 1026 (1994).
Birthright Citizenship and the Alien Citizen
Mae M. Ngai, 75 Fordham L. Rev. 2521 (2007).
Birthright Citizenship and the Civic Minimum
William Ty Mayton, 22 Geo. Immigr. L.J. 221 (2008).
Birthright Citizenship and the Constitution
Christopher L. Eisgruber, 72 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 54 (1997).
Birthright Citizenship in the United Kingdom and the United States: A Comparative Analysis of the Common Law Basis for Granting Citizenship to Children Born of Illegal Immigrants
Michael Robert W. Houston, 33 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 693 (2000).
Birthright Citizenship in the United States: Realities of De Facto Deportation and International Comparisons Toward Proposing a Solution
Amanda Colvin, 53 St. Louis U. L.J. 219 (2008).
Birthright Citizenship: The Fourteenth Amendment's Continuing Protection Against an American Caste System
Nicole Newman, 28 B.C. Third World L.J. 437 (2008).
Citizenship with a Vengence
Catherine Dauvergne, 8 Theoretical Inq. L. 489 (2007).
Congressional Enforcement of the Rights of Citizenship
Rebecca E. Zietlow, 56 Drake L. Rev. 1015 (2008).
The Gestation of Birthright Citizenship, 1868-1898 States' Rights, The Law of Nations, and Mutual Consent
Bernadette Meyler, 15 Geo. Immigr. L.J. 519 (2001)
Global Migrations and Imagined Citizenship: Examples from Slavery, Chinese Exclusion, and When Questioning Birthright Citizenship
Ernesto Hernández-López, 14 Tex. Wesleyan L. Rev. 255 (2008).
"Go After the Women": Mothers Against Illegal Aliens' Campaign Against Mexican Immigrant Women and Their Children
Mary Romero, 83 Ind. L.J. 1355 (2008)
Indians and Invaders: The Citizenship Clause and Illegal Aliens
Gerard N. Magliocca, 10 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 499 (2008).
Jurisdiction, Allegiance, and Consent: Revisiting the Forgotten Prong of the Fourteenth Amendment's Birthright Citizenship Clause in Light of Terrorism, Unprecedented Modern Population Migrations, Globalization, and Conflicting Cultures
William M. Stevens, 14 Tex. Wesleyan L. Rev. 337 (2008).
Limiting the Application of Jus Soli: The Resulting Status of Undocumented Children in the United States
Brooke Kirkland, 12 Buff. Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 197 (2006).
Losing Control of America's Future: The Census, Birthright Citizenship, and Illegal Aliens
Charles Wood, 22 Harv. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 465 (1999).
Natural Law and Birthright Citizenship in Calvin's Case (1608)
Polly Price, 9 Yale J.L. & Human. 73 (1997).
The Nephews of Uncle Sam: The History, Evolution, and Application of Birthright Citizenship in the United States
Jonathan C. Drimmer, 9 Geo. Immigr. L.J. 667 (1995).
Protecting Our Vulnerable Citizens: Birthright Citizenship and the Call for Recognition of Constructive Deporation
Jessie M. Mahr, 32 S. Ill. U. L.J. 723 (2008).
Reclaiming the Immigration Constitution of the Early Republic: Prospectivity, Uniformity, and Transparency
James E. Pfander & Theresa R. Wardon, 96 Va. L. Rev. 359 (2010).
Second Class Delivery: The Elimination of Birthright Citizenship as a Repeal of 'Pursuit of Happiness'
Sara Catherine Barnhart, 42 Ga. L. Rev. 525 (2008).
Toward a Catholic Vision of Nationality
Donald Kerwin, 23 Notre Dame J.L. Ethics & Pub. Pol'y 197 (2009)
Wong Kim Ark and Sentencia Que Declara Constitutional La Ley General de Migratión 285094 in Comparative Perspective: Constitutional Interpretation, Jus Soli Principles, and Political Morality
Patrick J. Glen, 39 U. Miami Inter-Am. L. Rev. 67 (2007)
Who Belongs? Theoretical and Legal Questions About Birthright Citizenship in the United States
Joseph H. Carens, 37 U. Toronto L.J. 413 (1987)
Children and Immigration: International, Local, and Social Responsibilities
Berta Hernándex-Truyol and Justin Luna, 15 B.U. Pub. Int. L.J. 297 (2005-2006).
The Accidental Citizen: Acts of Sovereignty and (Un)Making Citizenship
Peter Nyers, 35 Economy and Society 22 (Feb. 2006).

Online Articles/Working Papers

Decoding the Fourteenth Amendment's Citizenship Clause: Unlawful Immigrants, Allegiance, Personal Subjection, and the Law
Patrick J. Charles, Washburn Law Journal, Vol. 51, No. 2, 2012. Available at SSRN. [46-page PDF]

Jus Soli Definition

News Articles

ABA Urges Congress to Reject Changes to Birthright Citizenship Laws
Rachel M. Zahorsky, ABA Journal, Aug. 9, 2011.
Birthright Citizenship Change Would Have Wide Effects
Daniel González and Dan Nowicki, Arizona Republic, Mar. 20, 2011.
Immigration Fight: Bill to End 'Birthright Citizenship' Advances in Arizona
Lourdes Medrano, Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 23, 2011.
"Anchor Babies": No Getting Around the Constitution
Reynolds Holding, Time, Feb. 1, 2011.
What Does the Vitter-Paul Resolution to Amend the Constitution Solve, Exactly?
Michele Waslin, Immigration Impact, Jan. 31, 2011. Links to S.J. Res. 2.
Vitter, Paul Target Birthright Citizenship for Children of Illegal Immigrants
Elise Foley, Huffington Post, Jan. 27, 2011.
Church Group Opposed to New Immigration Proposal Affecting Babies
Stephanie Samuel, The Christian Post, Jan. 27, 2011. Read the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service's Jan. 24, 2011 Statement: LIRS Laments Harmful Impacts of Proposed Legislation.
Arizona's Next Immigration Debate: Babies Born in the U.S.
Daniel C. Vock, Stateline (The Daily News Service of the Pew Center on the States), Dec. 16, 2010.
Steve King: "Birthright Citizenship" Bill Could be Soon
Brian Montopoli, CBS News, Nov. 22, 2010.
Report: 130 Republicans in Congress Want to Consider Ending Birthright Citizenship
Scott Keyes, Think Progress, Oct. 26, 2010.
Efforts to Revoke Birthright Citizenship Move to State Level
Julianne King, Colorlines, Oct. 20, 2010.
Flag-Wrapped Wrestler Cejudo Values Birthright Citizenship Over Gold Metal
Catherine Dodge, Bloomberg News, Oct. 6, 2010.
Parents, Children, and Citizenship by Birth
Paul Finkelman, James Anaya and Gabriel J. Chin, Huffington Post, Aug. 19, 2010.
The Debate Over 'Anchor Babies' and Citizenship
NPR, Talk of the Nation, Aug. 18, 2010. 30 minutes, 17 seconds.
Born in the U.S.A. Is What Makes Someone American
Eric Foner, Bloomberg, Aug. 17, 2010.
14th Amendment: Why Birthright Citizenship Change 'Can't Be Done'
Peter Grier, Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 10, 2010.
GOP Push To Revise 14th Amendment Not Gaining Steam
Sandhya Somashekhar, Washington Post, August 8, 2010.
Citizenship From Birth Is Challenged on the Right
Julia Preston, New York Times, Aug. 6, 2010.
Republicans Push To Revise 14th Amendment
Carrie Kahn, NPR All Things Considered, Aug. 5, 2010.
Babies 'R' Us: Challenges to Birthright Citizenship Are Just a Distraction
Bill Ong Hing, Slate, Aug. 4, 2010.
Why We Should Welcome McConnell's Demand for Hearings on Rescinding 14th Amendment
Rep. Luis Gutierrez, Huffington Post, Aug. 4, 2010.
Arizona State Sen. Russell Pearce Targets Immigrants' Kids
Scott Wong, Politico, Aug. 4, 2010.
Kyl: Illegal Aliens' Kids Shouldn't Be Citizens
Jimmy So, CBS News, Aug. 1, 2010.
Sens. Vitter and Paul Shift From Amending to Redefining the Constitution's Citizenship Clause
Andrea Nill, Think Progress, Apr. 6, 2011.

Reports

If the links below fail, the full-text is available in the box below.

U.S. Citizenship of Persons Born in the United States to Alien Parents
Margaret Mikyung Lee, CRS Report (RL 33079), May 12, 2006.
The Demographic Impacts of Repealing Birthright Citizenship
Jennifer Van Hook, with Michael Fix, Migration Policy Institute Insight (Sept. 2010). [12 page PDF]
Birthright Citizenship in the United States: A Global Comparison
Jon Feere, Center for Immigration Studies, August 2010.