Why is it in many European countries, your citizenship is not based on being born in said country but by the citizenship of your parents?
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Most countries, including the US, have complicated citizenship laws that are based on a combination of birthplace, descent, residency, and other factors. And most countries have one or more statuses that are essentially lesser forms of citizenship (e.g. things like “permanent residency”).
There seems to be a common belief in the US that US citizenship is based purely on birthplace, whereas in other countries it’s based purely on descent. I think this is one of those “American civil religion” things.
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