Foreign Born Births/Adoptions:Foreign Born Births/Adoptions:State PracticesState Practices

Patricia W. Potrzebowski, Ph.D Patricia W. Potrzebowski, Ph.D Director, Bureau of Health Statistics and Director, Bureau of Health Statistics and ResearchResearch

“This record of birth is not evidence of United States citizenship.”

>900 Filed

1600 cc’s issued

2003

“…presents documents from INS verifying child’s U.S. citizenship.”

US Department of State

US Department of Justice

US Department of Homeland Security

Adjudication of U.S. citizenship

US Attorney GeneralUS Attorney General

US Department of StateUS Department of State

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What do other states do?What do other states do?

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CaliforniaCalifornia

New York CityNew York City

No DisclaimerNo DisclaimerNo foreign born certificateNo foreign born certificate

Citizenship DisclaimerCitizenship Disclaimer

Survey ResultsSurvey Results

2 No foreign born certificate2 No foreign born certificate

33 Citizenship disclaimer33 Citizenship disclaimer

17 No disclaimer17 No disclaimer

““Foreign Born/Birth” in TitleForeign Born/Birth” in Title

““Record of Birth Outside of Record of Birth Outside of

Commonwealth”Commonwealth”

9 Registration Areas9 Registration Areas

Regular Birth CertificatesRegular Birth Certificates

MississippiMississippi

OhioOhio

TexasTexas

West VirginiaWest Virginia

Child Citizenship Act of 2000Child Citizenship Act of 2000

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