President Trump risks overplaying his hand by seeking to end the longstanding principle that children born in the United ...

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

After President Donald Trump signed an executive order to change the meaning of the 14th Amendment to end “birthright ...

Vice President JD Vance said the U.S. doesn't have to have "the dumbest immigration policy in the world" simply because the ...

With one signature, President Donald Trump ended birthright citizenship where children born here were U.S. citizens even if ...

After the Civil War, the Constitution was amended to consider every baby born in the US an American. Soon that may change.

Eighteen states and the ACLU filed lawsuits seeking to prevent President Trump from denying citizenship to children born in ...

The policy was the result of African Americans pushing for decades to be recognized as full citizens and part of a trio of ...

Trump issued an executive order that seeks to eliminate the 14th Amendment's guarantee of birthright citizenship ...

President Trump invoked presidential powers to begin his long-promised immigration crackdown shortly after taking office on ...

At first glance, birthright citizenship and slavery may seem like separate issues, but their histories are deeply intertwined ...

UVA legal expert Amanda Frost explains the president’s executive order, the constitutional amendment he seeks to overturn and ...