More than 30 countries grant unrestricted birthright citizenship based on the ‘jus soli’ principle – and nearly all of them are in the Western Hemisphere. The reason is more complicated than you might ...

This article was updated on Feb. 6 at 2:04 p.m. Shortly after being sworn into office on Jan. 20 for a second term, President ...

President Donald Trump’s stalled attempt to eliminate birthright citizenship has done little to slow the popular practice of ...

By its own terms, the 14th Amendment applies to “all persons” born in the United States, disqualifying no one by parentage.

It was the second time an appellate court has taken up Trump's order, whose fate may ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court.

The legality of President Donald Trump’s ban on automatic birthright citizenship hinges on a single phrase in the 14th ...

President Trump and Utah Attorney General Derek Brown would bypass the Fourteenth Amendment and the constitutional principle of separation of powers to end birthright citizenship.

Attorneys general in 22 states and D.C. began strategizing on how to challenge Trump’s birthright citizenship ban before he ...

Donald Trump has vowed to end automatic citizenship for anyone born in the US In one of his first acts as the 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at ...

Section 1 of the 14th Amendment says that "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of ...

The decision on Wednesday means the Justice Department will have to appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Most disapprove of President Trump's push to end birthright citizenship but favor other moves aimed at immigrants here ...