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

Legal experts said the president’s executive order would upend precedent and is unlikely to pass constitutional muster.

"14th Amendment says what it means, and it means what it says—if you are born on American soil, you are an American," says ...

Legal experts say the undocumented population would grow and that all Americans would be impacted if Trump’s order ending ...

Universal birthright citizenship has long been considered a constitutional ... was denied reentry into the country after a visit to China on the basis of the Chinese Exclusionary Act. Despite rampant ...

Here’s what to know about Trump’s proposal to add new restrictions in the U.S.—and how that compares to other countries.

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

Overruling the 14th Amendment by executive order is a gambit that is unlikely to change the law, but starts a fight the ...

It’s part of who we are. The White House executive order theoretically ending birthright citizenship grandly proclaims its purpose as “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship.” As ...

The Trump administration’s campaign to abolish birthright citizenship is not going well. Less than 72 hours after Trump ...