President Donald Trump has signed a number of executive orders his first day of office — including one which seeks to strip certain newborns of their U.S. citizenship, effectively going against an ...

"It'll get to the U.S. Supreme Court, and if the court follows the actual legislative intent and history, they will uphold ...

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

America started doing so at the end of the Civil War. The constitution was amended then to overturn the Dred Scott decision ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has said since his first administration that he wants to end birthright citizenship, a ...

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

Birthright citizenship is a right that is outlined within the U.S. Constitution under the 14th Amendment ... when that person’s mother was unlawfully present in the United States and the father was ...

Birthright citizenship, also known by the legal term jus soli – "right of the soil" in Latin – is enshrined in the 14th ...

Because birthright citizenship is enshrined in the Constitution ... was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent ...

For years, powerful right-wing figures have pushed a plan: Have states call a convention to amend the Constitution. It now has more momentum than ever, in part because it would allow a path for ...

America started doing so at the end of the civil war. The constitution was amended then to overturn the Dred Scott decision ...

US President Donald Trump has said since his first administration that he wants to end birthright citizenship, a ...