President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship is prompting lawsuits alleging he lacks the legal ground to end the right enshrined in the Constitution.

Where countries don’t follow jus soli, they generally rely on jus sanguinis, meaning “right of blood.” Countries like Singapore and China require at least one parent to be a citizen in order ...

Primarily, citizenship is based on two principles: jus soli (Latin for right of soil) and jus sanguinis (Latin for relating to blood). Countries such as the United States, Argentina, and Mexico ...

The vast majority of countries in the rest of the world either do not recognize the jus soli (Latin for ‘right ... has its roots in European law: jus sanguinis (‘right of blood’), which ...

The story so far: U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order stating that U.S. citizenship will be granted in the future only to children with parents holding U.S. citizenship or a U.S ...

In contrast to jus soli, World Population Review shares that 32 other countries offer "jus sanguinis," which grants citizenship as long as one parent is a citizen or if they meet the other ...

President Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to end birthright citizenship, or jus soli (right of the soil), has ...

Birthright citizenship, also known as jus soli, is the legal principle that ... relying instead on jus sanguinis or citizenship based on ancestry rather than place of birth. Most European, Asian ...