The order seeks to revoke birthright citizenship, which has historically granted automatic U.S. citizenship to children born on American soil, even if their parents are non-citizens. This change ...

The order questions that the 14th Amendment extends citizenship automatically to anyone born in the United States. The 14th Amendment was born in the aftermath of the Civil War and ratified in 1868.

What is the history of the issue? The 14th Amendment did not always guarantee birthright citizenship to all U.S.-born people. Congress did not authorize citizenship for all Native Americans born ...

Attorneys general from 18 states sued Tuesday to block President Donald Trump's move to end a decades-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children ...

Concepcion said if the federal government wishes to limit birthright citizenship to those whose parents are already U.S. citizens, that’s up to them. “The MVA takes no position on this matter ...

Birthright citizenship is granted through the 14 th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, in which part of section 1 says, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the ...