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

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

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey defended President Donald Trump's efforts to end birthright citizenship on Wednesday, arguing that the 14th Amendment ... that of those born on U.S. soil ...

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Monday evening targeting automatic citizenship for U.S.-born children of immigrants in the country illegally, contrary to the 14th Amendment.

Under the 14th Amendment, "all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" are "citizens of the United States." But under an executive order that ...

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

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 ...

One hundred and fifty-seven years ago, the United States adopted a Constitutional amendment guaranteeing citizenship to people born on U.S. soil ... And another, the 14th Amendment written by Ohio ...

The Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, reads: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United ...