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Old May 27, 2008 | 9:21 pm
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Originally Posted by TerminalBliss
Actually, you are right and wrong all in the same post! Under US law, citizenship can be derived by either location of birth and/or nationality...the concepts are known as jus sanguinus and jus solis.

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This is the correct statement of U.S. law.
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