{"id":6107,"date":"2026-07-21T09:04:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abara.org\/?post_type=answer&#038;p=6107"},"modified":"2026-07-21T09:04:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:04:54","slug":"what-is-birthright-citizenship-what-would-the-repealing-of-birthright-citizenship-look-like-and-what-is-the-current-state-of-the-birthright-citizenship-case","status":"publish","type":"answer","link":"https:\/\/abara.org\/es\/answer\/what-is-birthright-citizenship-what-would-the-repealing-of-birthright-citizenship-look-like-and-what-is-the-current-state-of-the-birthright-citizenship-case\/","title":{"rendered":"What is birthright citizenship, what would the repealing of birthright citizenship look like and what is the current state of the birthright citizenship case?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La ciudadan\u00eda por nacimiento es el principio legal de que una persona se convierte autom\u00e1ticamente en ciudadana de un pa\u00eds al nacer all\u00ed. En los Estados Unidos, este derecho proviene de la Secci\u00f3n 1 de la Decimocuarta Enmienda, que establece que toda persona nacida o naturalizada en los EE. UU. y sujeta a su jurisdicci\u00f3n es ciudadano.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The U.S. generally follows jus soli (citizenship based on place of birth), meaning most people born on U.S. soil are citizens regardless of their parents\u2019 immigration status, with limited exceptions such as children of foreign diplomats. U.S. law also recognizes jus sanguinis, which allows children born abroad to U.S. citizen parents to obtain citizenship if certain legal requirements are met. This interpretation of birthright citizenship was confirmed by the Supreme Court in United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fuentes:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org\/about-immigration\/birthright-citizenship\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org\/about-immigration\/birthright-citizenship\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/constitution.congress.gov\/browse\/essay\/amdt14-S1-1-2\/ALDE_00000812\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/constitution.congress.gov\/browse\/essay\/amdt14-S1-1-2\/ALDE_00000812\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/supreme.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/us\/169\/649\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/supreme.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/us\/169\/649\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">________________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La derogaci\u00f3n de la ciudadan\u00eda por nacimiento lograr\u00eda lo contrario de lo que pretende la presidencia actual: reducir la inmigraci\u00f3n no autorizada. Seg\u00fan la <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationpolicy.org\/news\/birthright-citizenship-repeal-projections\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instituto de Pol\u00edtica Migratoria<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, desafiar este estatuto aumentar\u00eda la cantidad de poblaci\u00f3n no autorizada en los Estados Unidos, creando una subclase de ciudadanos que enfrentar\u00edan constantes desaf\u00edos y barreras, ya que no poseer\u00edan los derechos que otorga la ciudadan\u00eda.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En el \u00e1mbito educativo, los estudiantes de origen inmigrante representan el 32% de la matr\u00edcula en la educaci\u00f3n superior (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.higheredimmigrationportal.org\/research\/immigrant-origin-students-in-u-s-higher-education\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cadera<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Con la derogaci\u00f3n de la ciudadan\u00eda por derecho de nacimiento, la matr\u00edcula de los estudiantes de origen inmigrante disminuir\u00eda dr\u00e1sticamente, y las estad\u00edsticas generales de educaci\u00f3n superior en EE. UU. enfrentar\u00edan una tendencia a la baja.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No solo eso, la econom\u00eda de EE. UU. se ver\u00eda profundamente afectada por esta derogaci\u00f3n. La derogaci\u00f3n crear\u00eda barreras para el logro educativo, lo que a su vez obstaculizar\u00eda el \u00e9xito profesional. Seg\u00fan la <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cmsny.org\/publications\/jmhs-birthright-citizenship-econ\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Centro de Estudios de Migraci\u00f3n<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, se estima que los ciudadanos con ciudadan\u00eda por nacimiento habr\u00e1n aportado 1,77 billones de d\u00f3lares a la econom\u00eda estadounidense entre 1975 y 2074. Si se eliminara la ciudadan\u00eda por nacimiento, no habr\u00eda contribuciones econ\u00f3micas de los ni\u00f1os a\u00fan por nacer, contribuciones que podr\u00edan ascender a 1,41 billones de d\u00f3lares en ingresos y representar 400 000 trabajadores con estudios universitarios (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cmsny.org\/publications\/jmhs-birthright-citizenship-econ\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CIM<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As\u00ed que el juez de la Corte Suprema escuchar\u00e1 los argumentos el mi\u00e9rcoles 1 de abril de 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationpolicy.org\/news\/birthright-citizenship-repeal-projections\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.migrationpolicy.org\/news\/birthright-citizenship-repeal-projections<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">________________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A partir de abril de 2026, el juez de la Corte Suprema ha escuchado los argumentos del Procurador General D. John Sauer, en nombre de la administraci\u00f3n Trump, y de la Directora y Abogada de la ACLU, Cecillia Wang, en representaci\u00f3n de las personas que impugnan la orden ejecutiva. Se espera que los jueces de la Corte Suprema tomen una decisi\u00f3n para principios de verano.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-updates\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AP Noticias<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Si la Corte Suprema ratifica los fallos de los tribunales inferiores, invalidar\u00eda la orden ejecutiva y confirmar\u00eda que la ciudadan\u00eda est\u00e1 garantizada para los ni\u00f1os nacidos en suelo estadounidense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birthright citizenship is the legal principle that a person automatically becomes a citizen of a country upon birth there. In the United States, this right comes from Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment, which states that anyone born or naturalized in the U.S. and under its jurisdiction is a citizen.\u00a0 The U.S. generally follows jus&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":6078,"template":"","class_list":["post-6107","answer","type-answer","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is birthright citizenship, what would the repealing of birthright citizenship look like and what is the current state of the birthright citizenship case? - Abara<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/abara.org\/es\/answer\/what-is-birthright-citizenship-what-would-the-repealing-of-birthright-citizenship-look-like-and-what-is-the-current-state-of-the-birthright-citizenship-case\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is birthright citizenship, what would the repealing of birthright citizenship look like and what is the current state of the birthright citizenship case? - Abara\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Birthright citizenship is the legal principle that a person automatically becomes a citizen of a country upon birth there. 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