Birthright citizenship represents the best of America: a clear, principled rule that has served us well for over 150 years.

David Curran's San Francisco relative lived his final days in North Beach, and Curran tried to do the same in Italy but hit ...

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at ending automatic citizenship — known as ...

A great-grandparent from Italy used to be all it took to guarantee Italian citizenship. A surprise decree has now changed all ...

My great-grandfather Luigi Gizzi came over from the town of Ceccano, Italy, to the United States in 1903. He lived in San ...

In Malaysia, it is the custom for children considered "illegitimate” or born out of wedlock to Muslims to have the generic ...

On March 28, the Italian government tightened regulations for claiming citizenship by jus sanguinis, or descendent blood line, effective immediately. The law will go to parliament to be ratified ...

Fewer people of Italian descent will now be able to obtain citizenship after the government narrowed its eligibility criteria to those with Italian parents or grandparents. The government says it ...