BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge in Boston on Friday will consider a request from 18 state attorneys general to block President ...

In total, 22 states, including Massachusetts, as well as other organizations, have sued to try to stop the birthright ...

President Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship has reignited a debate on the issue, with Rep. Brian Babin ...

In the debates over the 14th Amendment in 1866, Sen. John Conness argued convincingly that "children of all parentage ...

The DOJ argues the 14th Amendment does not extend citizenship to a child born in the country to an undocumented mother – ...

"The federal government will not recognize automatic birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens born in the United States. We are also going to enhance vetting and screening of ...

In 1898, in United States v. Wong Kim Ark ... turning the clock back to a time when American birthright citizenship was available only to some. That was what America looked like before the ...

Shear Reporting from Washington President Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship declares that babies born to many temporary residents of the United States — not just those in the ...

To fix this ballooning problem, Germany modified its laws in 1999 to grant birthright citizenship to children whose parents met a residency requirement. The United States has never had this trouble.