Birtright citizenship is such an strange concept to me in 2025 at least.
I remember back during the Egyptian revolution in 2011, the Canadian government was surprised to discover that there were thousands of "Canadians” in Cairo who were demanding to "get home”.
There is also an entire cottage industry in British Columbia of "birthing houses" where Chinese women who wanted to give birth to their children in Canada for the citizenship could fly over, give birth, stay for post-natal care, then head back. The houses are openly advertised by agents in China and in Chinese language media.
Sure, it made sense in the 1800s when it took a long and dangerous journey by sea to reach the New World, and the chances of you ever returning to your country of origin were slim to none. However now that you can cross the Atlantic in 6 hours, and at the very most you will need a 90 day tourist visa, why is it even needed?