The president is appealing to the justices to help facilitate his birthright citizenship plan, signed by executive order but immediately blocked by lower courts.

It’s a case raising momentous questions about the meaning of citizenship in a nation founded by immigrants, hinging largely on the legal interpretation of a few words in a Civil War-era ...

The president’s order “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” which entails eliminating birthright citizenship in the 14th Amendment, has led to significant legal and ...

Canada follows jus soli (right of the soil) citizenship, meaning anyone born on Canadian soil is automatically a Canadian citizen, except for children of foreign diplomats. This is enshrined in ...