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https://www2.law.temple.edu/voices/cms/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/5.1.2025_PeterSpiro_TheEconomist.jpg840560Why does America have birthright citizenship? Restrictions on birthright citizenship, while common in Europe, are generally not found in the Americas. Prof. Peter Spiro tells The Economist that this Atlantic divide dates back to settler societies using birthright citizenship as “an engine of assimilation.”