Anyone born in the U.S. is a citizen at birth, guaranteed by the 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause. That clause wouldn't be ...

When President Donald Trump announced his intention to end birthright citizenship, right-wing media figures immediately began ...

After the Justice Department filed a written defense of the president's birthright citizenship order, some people feared an assault on Native rights.

US District Judge Leo Sorokin granted the request by attorneys generals from Massachusetts and 17 other states.

The order seeks to revoke birthright citizenship, which has historically granted automatic U.S. citizenship to children born on American soil, even if their parents are non-citizens. This change ...

A second federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship ...

Birthright citizenship is a principle used in some nations that grants citizenship to anyone born on that country's soil. It was established in the U.S. by the Fourteenth Amendment, which was ...

(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Amid the row over an executive order against birthright citizenship, US President Donald Trump said birthright citizenship was primarily intended for the children of slaves ...

According to the Law Library of Congress, more than 30 countries across the world recognize birthright citizenship on an unrestricted basis – in which children born on their soil automatically ...

At first glance, birthright citizenship and slavery may seem like separate issues, but their histories are deeply intertwined, rooted in the same constitutional principles and shaped by racial and ...

Since the adoption of the 14th Amendment in 1868, the United States has recognized birthright citizenship; that is, if a person is born on U.S. soil, that person is a U.S. citizen regardless of ...