During an interview with HBO's Axios, President Donald Trump claimed that the United States was the "only country in the world" to offer citizenship to people born in the country. Well, actually...
Birthright citizenship—a person's right to get unconditional citizenship in their birth country—is law in 30+ countries.
Let's list some of the countries that have birthright citizenship.
Our friendly northern neighbor, Canada.
Our friendly southern neighbor, Mexico.
Brazil.
Cuba.
Chile.
Argentina.
Can you Belize?
El Salvador.
Nicaragua.
Bolivia.
Jamaica.
Honduras.
Costa Rica.
Skrentny on birthright citizenship in the Americas: "Getting people to move in was a good way to establish authority."