The White House signaled plans for executive orders, including ending birthright citizenship for children of illegal ...

Here’s what to know about Trump’s proposal to add new restrictions in the U.S.—and how that compares to other countries.

Unrestricted birthright citizenship is increasingly rare, and with only a few exceptions, it persists only in countries with ...

President Donald Trump has falsely claimed the U.S. is alone in offering citizenship as a birthright. More than 30 countries ...

Birthright citizenship allows for a child born in the U.S. to a parent living in the country undocumented or temporarily to automatically become a citizen at birth.

Brad Jones, a professor of political science at the University of California Davis, told Newsweek. Birthright citizenship has been interpreted, repeatedly, as an integral part of the 14th Amendment.

Around three dozen countries and the U.S. offer automatic citizenship to children born within their borders, regardless of their parents immigration status.

U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour ruled on Thursday in the case brought by the states of Washington, Arizona, Illinois ...

Legal experts said the president’s executive order would upend precedent and is unlikely to pass constitutional muster.

The 14th Amendment made the U.S. a place where every child was born equal under the law. That might be about to change.

Nigerians in diaspora have condemned the move by President Donald Trump to cancel citizens by birth as guaranteed in the ...

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell — along with 17 other Democratic peers — filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to ...