Mexico extends birthright citizenship to children born in the country, just like the U.S.

Though President Donald Trump insists the U.S. is the only nation to do so, about three dozen countries guarantee automatic citizenship to children born on their territory.

TIJUANA, Mexico — Vivianne Petit Frere’s brightly painted Haitian restaurant sits blocks from the towering U.S. border wall in Tijuana.

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Called Lakou Lakay, the name in Haitian creole means “home,” and it reflects her family’s deepening roots in their adopted homeland where her granddaughter was born two years ago, automatically making her a Mexican citizen.

Like the United States, Mexico extends citizenship to children born within its borders.