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    The United States has granted birthright citizenship to virtually all children born on its soil since 1868.

    No, not virtually all. Less than that. Most, yes.

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      What do you mean? Which children born on US soil since 1868 were not granted birthright citizenship?

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          A DuckDuckGo search says that since 1924 native Americans living on reservations also get birthright citizenship. I suppose there may be a handful of native Americans born before then who are still alive, but I doubt many.

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            Don’t worry, the Indians born on reservations before 1924 weren’t born after 1868.

            The original statement didn’t specify that it only applied to people alive today.