Birthright citizenship is pretty unique to America though. Nowhere in Europe you would find such a thing, although most people won't count Germany, France, Netherlands, Sweden etc. as human right violators.

Maybe I missed something or forgot how citizenship works here in France (since I learned how it is acquired as a student), but birthright citizenship seems pretty similar to what we have here

Just checked the wiki, looks like France defines something called double jus soli, which means a person who was born in France to a parent who themselves is born in France (even though they might not be a French citizen) gets the citizenship.

That's a bit closer to birthright citizenship that what we have in Germany, but nowhere as liberal as USA laws, which give citizenship to anyone born in the USA even if their parents entered the country one day before the birth and left next day after the birth. That is something that doesn't exist anywhere in Europe to my knowledge.

It seems I didn't look closely enough at the details, thanks for the clarification

France has a mixture of jus soli and jus sanguinis, like most countries. Pure jus soli, as in the American case, is in fact quite rare.

Also Canada, Mexico, and almost all of South America. Only a few other countries elsewhere, none of them developed.

Ironic given that Donald Trumps grandfather was an immigrant - and German immigrants where subject to discrimination.

Rich immigrants and poor immigrants are seen often as totally different categories.

How is that ironic?

Nativists campaigned against incomers from Europe

So basically you never become a native regardless how many generations you stay in a country, thus nationalism is valid point of view.

I didn't say that :-)

I was commenting on the use of nativism by a politician whose grandfather was an immigrant.

Though over time some groups formerly seen as undesirables become honoury whites Irish German Catholics etc.

It wasn't that long ago that having a catholic president Kennedy was seen as problematic

Sure, but how is it ironic? That is what I'm trying to figure out.

irony "a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often wryly amusing as a result."