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.

Trump made the comments on his first day back in office, as he sat in the Oval Office signing off a raft of executive orders, ...

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.

But, no, we don’t know very well that the United States is the only country in the world that grants unconditional birthright ...

America started doing so at the end of the civil war. The constitution was amended then to overturn the Dred Scott decision ...

Some critics say much the same about unconditional birthright citizenship. About 20 percent of countries use it, most in North and South America. The United States and Canada inherited the law ...

Senior U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour listened to 25 minutes of arguments before rejecting the order, halting the ...

(“Meet the architect of Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship, a California lawyer facing disbarment,” column, Jan. 23) My own English paternal grandfather entered Canada as a teenager on ...

In her first press briefing, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended President Trump’s executive order ending ...