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Outside the Americas, however, nearly no countries do. Germany is an odd exception. On Jan. 1, 2000, German policy switched from a parent’s citizenship policy to conditional birthright citizenship.

The U.S. is among at least 33 countries where birthright citizenship applies; most are in the Americas, with Canada and Mexico among them.

The Justice Department on Wednesday pressed a federal appeals court to reverse a judge’s ruling that blocked nationwide President Donald Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship.

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Perhaps the most pointed question came after a lengthy back-and-forth over what the writers of the 14th Amendment meant when they enshrined birthright citizenship into the U.S. Constitution.

A federal appeals court in Washington state focused its questioning during a hearing on Wednesday about the Trump administration’s attempt to end birthright citizenship on the language of the ...