About two dozen states have filed lawsuits against the Trump administration contesting the birthright citizenship order, ...

President Donald Trump incorrectly said that the US is "the only country" that automatically confers citizenship to children ...

This week, the Trump administration doubled down in its fight against birthright citizenship. The usual alliance of pundits, professors and press lined up to declare any challenge to birthright ...

Welcome to Margin of Error, a politics column from Tom Scocca, editor of the Indignity newsletter, examining the apocalyptic ...

Birthright citizenship or the principle that anyone born on U.S. soil becomes an American citizen, has long been a central ...

The SAVE Act would require all Americans to prove their citizenship with documentation unavailable to millions and upend the way every American citizen registers to vote.

One loophole in President Donald Trump’s executive order banning birthright citizenship could permit Chinese nationals, along with other non-citizens, to continue obtaining U.S. citizenship for their ...

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.

The fear of deportation looms large for Pascal “Shakoure” Charpentier. After years of legal battles and advocacy, he remains ...

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 ...