Editing Jus sanguinis (section)

=== North America ===
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!State
!Law
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|{{flag|Canada|name}}
|Under [[Canadian nationality law]], any person born to a Canadian-citizen parent is automatically a Canadian citizen.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Branch|first=Government of Canada, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Communications|date=2013-07-25|title=Acquisition of citizenship|url=http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/cit/acquisition/acquisition.asp|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310113553/http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/cit/acquisition/acquisition.asp|archive-date=10 March 2017|access-date=2017-03-01|website=cic.gc.ca|language=en|df=dmy-all}}</ref> An exception to this was introduced in 2009 to limit citizenship by descent to one generation born outside Canada: those born outside Canada within one generation of a native-born or naturalized citizen parent are Canadian citizens by descent, but their children are no longer granted citizenship by descent.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Branch|first=Government of Canada, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Communications|title=Changes to citizenship rules|url=http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/rules_2009.asp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303181703/http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/rules_2009.asp|archive-date=3 March 2017|access-date=2017-03-01|website=cic.gc.ca|language=en|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Dominican Republic|name}}
|According to the [[Constitution of the Dominican Republic|Dominican constitution]], a child born abroad to at least one Dominican parent is a citizen.
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|{{flag|Haiti|name}}
|According to [[Haitian nationality law]], every child born to a Haitian father or mother, no matter where he or she was born, is Haitian by the [[Constitution of Haiti|Haitian Constitution]]. This has been a big issue in the current Dominican nationality law; because of this and other factors, illegal migrants' children born in the DR of Haitian origin are considered non-Dominicans, and therefore Haitians.
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|{{flag|Mexico|name}}
|[[Mexican nationality law|Article 30]] of the [[Constitution of Mexico|Mexican Constitution]] states that persons born abroad to at least one Mexican parent are Mexicans by birth.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-18 |title=Article 30 Mexican Constitution |url=http://www.ordenjuridico.gob.mx/Constitucion/articulos/30.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118080220/http://www.ordenjuridico.gob.mx/Constitucion/articulos/30.pdf |archive-date=2021-11-18  |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=Orden Juridico}}</ref>
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|{{flag|United States|name}}
|[[United States nationality law|U.S. nationality law]] states that a child born abroad is given United States citizenship at birth if at least one parent is a citizen or a national, subject to certain conditions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Acquisition of U.S. Citizenship by a Child Born Abroad|url=https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/us-citizenship/Acquisition-US-Citizenship-Child-Born-Abroad.html|access-date=19 March 2018|website=travel.state.gov|archive-date=3 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303013155/https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/us-citizenship/Acquisition-US-Citizenship-Child-Born-Abroad.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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