More than 30 countries grant unrestricted birthright citizenship based on the ‘jus soli’ principle – and nearly all of them ...

about the idea of unrestricted birthright citizenship, as the map below shows. Strikingly, nearly all of those countries recognizing unrestricted birthright citizenship are in the Western ...

There are two areas of bipartisan agreement about President Donald Trump’s early days back in the White House: voters say he is moving quickly to keep promises and he is far more active and visible ...

In a world where people are more mobile than ever, nations are struggling to recalibrate who can be a citizen. By Emma Bubola Reporting from Rome For two summers during high school, instead of ...

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order to eliminate birthright citizenship. Take our quiz to see how much you ...

By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington Thirty years ago, Congress considered a bill much like President Trump’s recent executive order on birthright citizenship. It sought to deny automatic ...

At first glance, birthright citizenship and slavery may seem like separate issues, but their histories are deeply intertwined ...

Since the adoption of the 14 th 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 ...