Passenger Gives Birth on Flight to U.S. Sparking Citizenship Confusion

Kennedy International Airport. The airline praised its crew, saying they acted with “professionalism and measured response ensuring the safety and comfort of all onboard,” and confirmed no emergency was declared. But the birth quickly turned into a legal gray area. Immigration lawyer Brad Bernstein explained: “Now the big question is is that baby a U.S. citizen?” He said the answer “depends on one thing,” namely, “where exactly that plane was in the sky at the moment of birth.” He explained: “If the baby was born in U.S. airspace, then under the 14th Amendment and State Department regulations, that child is automatically a U.S. citizen. But if the baby was born even a few minutes earlier outside of the United States airspace, not a U.S. citizen.”Read it at Sky NewsRead more at The Daily Beast.