Editing Right of return (section)

===United States of America===

The [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourteenth Amendment]] of the [[U.S. Constitution]] guarantees [[United States citizenship]] to those born in the [[United States|United States of America]], with very few exceptions.<ref>U.S. CONST. amend. XIV, § 1</ref><ref>Michael Neal, Return of the New Mexican-American Diaspora, Berkeley La Raza Law Review, https://lawcat.berkeley.edu/record/1242205/files/3%20Neal%202022%20%2847-105%29.pdf</ref> However, children born outside the country to a U.S. citizen may also acquire citizenship under the principle of [[jus sanguinis]]. Congress determines who acquires citizenship when born outside the United States. Generally, acquisition of citizenship at birth abroad depends on whether, at the time of the child's birth, one or both of the parents was a U.S. citizen; the gender of the U.S. citizen-parent, and whether the parents were married at the time of the child's birth. Numerous courts have held that U.S. citizens, including acquired citizens, who are outside the United States have a fundamental right to return to the country.<ref>Worthy v. United States, 328 F.2d 386, 394 (5th Cir. 1964).</ref><ref>Ayala-Flores v. INS, 662 F.2d 444, 446 (6th Cir. 1981)</ref><ref>Acosta v. Gaffney, 558 F.2d 1153, 1157 (3d Cir. 1977).</ref><ref>United States v. Valentine, 288 F. Supp. 957, 980 (D.P.R. 1968)</ref><ref>Nguyen v. INS, 533 U.S. 53, 67 (2001).</ref>

Large-scale deportations of undocumented immigrants from the United States have resulted in a [[diaspora]] of U.S. citizens, especially of [[Mexican Americans]].<ref>Michael Neal, Return of the New Mexican-American Diaspora, Berkeley La Raza Law Review, https://lawcat.berkeley.edu/record/1242205/files/3%20Neal%202022%20%2847-105%29.pdf</ref> Children born in the United States to undocumented immigrants became U.S. citizens at birth and, subsequently, joined their parents in Mexico due in part to immigration enforcement. Over time, these U.S. citizens have had children of their own in Mexico, giving rise to a generation of Mexican-born children who acquired U.S. citizenship at birth. These acquired citizens struggle to prove their U.S. citizenship and have been falsely deported and imprisoned when exercising their right to return to the United States.