Does your country give the children of illegals instant citizenship? (legal, title)
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This presumably refers to "Jus soli" or birthright citizenship. I guess in the Western Hemisphere it's relatively common, but in the Eastern Hemisphere it's relatively rare. I'm not sure about the following source, but it's all I found and I based what I said on that.
Jus soli is observed in 16% of the world, the United States being the largest practitioner.
States that observe jus soli include:
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Cambodia
Canada
Chile (children of transient foreigners or of foreign diplomats on assignment in Chile only upon request)
Colombia
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Fiji
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Honduras
Jamaica
Lesotho
Mexico
Nicaragua
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Christopher and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
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