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

Birthright citizenship, a practice that President ... The decision of the Australian government to deport a Tamil family back to Sri Lanka — two refugees and their two young daughters who ...

In a world where people are more mobile than ever, nations are struggling to recalibrate who can be a citizen.

President Donald Trump has said he plans to end "birthright citizenship" - which refers to automatic American citizenship granted to anyone born in the US. Birthright citizenship is protected by the ...

In the 1980s, both the United Kingdom and Australia restricted birthright citizenship, and in 2005, New Zealand's parliament passed a law to remove automatic birthright citizenship altogether.

For a country seemingly proud of calling itself a melting pot, a country that is unquestionably a nation of immigrants, it is ...

The president’s executive order seeks to end the automatic grant of citizenship to children born on U.S. soil.

Since 1980, England, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand ... that advocates drastically slowing migration, said about birthright citizenship. “If we had 500 kids a year born to tourists or ...

This week, the Trump administration doubled down in its fight against birthright citizenship. The usual alliance of pundits, professors and press lined up to declare any challenge to birthright ...

According to the Law Library of Congress, more than 30 countries across the world recognize birthright citizenship on an unrestricted basis – in which children born on their soil automatically ...

Eighteen state attorneys general are seeking a federal judge's intervention to halt Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship.