How far would you go to secure your child’s future? In this week's episode of Thirukural with the Times, we explore a story ...

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

The debate today depends on whether, in 1868, foreigners were considered 'subject to the jurisdiction' of the United States.

Since the adoption of the 14th Amendment in 1868, the United States has recognized birthright citizenship; that is, if a ...

Few of President Donald Trump’s new executive orders have caused as much alarm as the one on birthright citizenship.   That order prohibits federal agencies from issuing or accepting citizenship ...

Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship raises some important questions regarding the interpretation of the ...

In a world where people are more mobile than ever, nations are struggling to recalibrate who can be a citizen.

After President Donald Trump signed an executive order to change the meaning of the 14th Amendment to end “birthright ...

More than 20 states have sued the Trump administration, saying it has disregarded over 125 years of legal precedent which has guaranteed that a person born in the U.S. is automatically a citizen.

Thirty immigrants from 18 countries are now U.S. citizens following a ceremony at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka.

Black activists championed the idea of birthright citizenship long before it was introduced to the U.S. Constitution , ...

UVA legal expert Amanda Frost explains the president’s executive order, the constitutional amendment he seeks to overturn and ...