Editing Jus soli (section)

===Birthright citizenship===

The ''New Oxford American Dictionary'' defines birthright citizenship as "a legal right to citizenship for all children born in a country's territory, regardless of parentage".<ref>"birthright citizenship." In New Oxford American Dictionary, edited by Stevenson, Angus, and Christine A. Lindberg. : Oxford University Press, 2010.</ref> In the United States ''jus sanguinis'' is not a constitutional right or a birth right.<ref name=schacher>Comparative Constitutional Law. United Kingdom: Edward Elgar, 2011.</ref> Citizenship by ''jus sanguinis'' is a legal status conferred by statute. The term birthright citizenship usually means ''jus soli'' citizenship.<ref>Understanding Statelessness. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2017. p. 103</ref>

Birthright citizenship is rooted in colonial history when settlers born in the colonial United States were considered "natural born" subjects of the King of England. The idea of conferring citizenship based on being born within the borders of the United States comes from this history.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jones |first=Mark P. |title=Voting and Political Representation in America: Issues and Trends [2 Volumes] |publisher= Bloomsbury Publishing |date=2020 |quote=Birthright citizenship goes back to colonial America and is based on the idea of "natural born" subjects of the King of England. After separating from England, the United States continued the idea of a natural-born citizen subject of the nation rather than the king. The right to claim citizenship as a result of being born in the territory of a state is known as the principle of ''jus soli'', which is Latin for "right to soil." This born-into-nation idea, jus soli, is the basis for the United States conferring birthright citizenship on those born inside its borders".}}</ref><ref name=naturalborn>{{Cite journal| title = "Natural Born Citizen"  |journal=American University Law Review| access-date = 2025-01-28| url = https://aulawreview.org/blog/natural-born-citizen/}}</ref> Allegiance based on [[natural law]] principles was the core concept of citizenship in ''[[Calvin's Case]]'' in which [[Edward Coke]] said that "they that are born under the obedience, power, faith, ligealty or ligeance of the King are natural subjects and no aliens".<ref>Irving, Helen. Allegiance, Citizenship and the Law: The Enigma of Belonging. United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2022.</ref> The American concept of citizenship is derived from republican principles and may have been influenced by the French writer [[Emer de Vattel]].<ref name=naturalborn/>