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Public Interest Law R eporter Volume 16 Article 9 Issue 1 Fall 2010 2010 Born In the U.S.A .! Yeah, And …? Revisiting Birthright Citizenship J ustin McDevitt Follow this and a itional works at : /pilr Part of the Civil Rights and Discrimination Commons Recommended Citation J ustin McDevitt, Born In the U.S.A .! Yeah, A nd…? Revisiting B irthrig ht Citizenship, 16 Pub. Interest L. Rptr. 53 (2010). Available at : /pilr/vol16/iss1/9 This Feature is brought to you for free and open access by LAW eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Public Interest Law R eporter by an authorized administrator of LAW eCommons. For more information, please contact law-library@. McDevitt: Born In the U.S.A.! Yeah, And…? Revisiting Birthright Citizenship No. 1 • Fall 2010 FEATURE ARTICLE BORN IN THE U.S.A.! YEAH, AND. . .? REVISITING BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP by JUSTIN MCDEVITT ome blast it as “invasion by birth canal”.1 Others defend it as bedrock S 2 Americanism. Whichever side of the fence (or the border) the calls come from, few topics stoke anger as readily as the policy of automatic birthright citizenship. 53 Published by LAW eCommons, 2010