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The bill preserves citizenship for children of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents and for people already born, but removes automatic birthright citizenship for children of noncitizen/non-LPR parents, trading narrowed birthright rules and greater immigration control for heightened legal uncertainty, possible statelessness, and administrative burdens for families and local governments.
People born to U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (LPR) parents will continue to automatically receive U.S. citizenship at birth, preserving legal status for those children and their families.
Anyone already born before enactment will retain their existing U.S. citizenship, preventing retroactive loss of citizenship or denaturalization for current citizens.
Children born in the U.S. to parents who are both noncitizens and non-LPRs will no longer automatically receive U.S. citizenship at birth, removing birthright citizenship for this group.
Families with U.S.-born children who lose automatic citizenship may face immigration uncertainty and increased risk of detention or deportation for those children.
Some newborns could face increased risk of statelessness if their parents lack other nationality documentation and the children no longer receive automatic U.S. citizenship.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Narrows birthright citizenship by excluding U.S.-born children whose parents were both neither U.S. citizens nor lawful permanent residents at birth.
Official title: Amend section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify the meaning of the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and for other purposes.
Introduced July 14, 2026 by Eric Stephen Schmitt · Last progress July 14, 2026
Changes the rule for who is automatically a U.S. citizen at birth by narrowing birthright citizenship. Under the bill, a child born in the United States would not automatically be a citizen if neither parent was a U.S. citizen or a lawful permanent resident at the time of the child's birth. The bill also preserves existing citizenship or nationality for anyone born before the law takes effect.