Professor Chin Talks to PolitiFact About Birthright Citizenship

Professor Gabriel “Jack” Chin discussed the legal underpinnings of birthright citizenship for a June 29 PolitiFact piece. Florida Gov. and 2024 GOP presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis has pledged to end the automatic granting of citizen status to anyone born on U.S. soil.

Gabriel "Jack" Chin is Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law and holder of the Edward L. Barrett Jr. Endowed Chair at UC Davis School of Law.  He is a prolific and much-cited criminal and immigration law scholar whose work has addressed many of the most pressing social issues of our time.