Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, the son of Chinese immigrants, laid down a marker when asked in December about Donald Trump’s pledge to end birthright citizenship: “I would be the ...

The survey found that 76% of Democrats believe all children born in the U.S. should automatically become citizens. This view ...

Countries with unconditional birthright citizenship are highlighted on the map below: Countries with unconditional birthright citizenship are listed below: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina ...

President Donald Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship in the US, a nearly 160-year-old practice guaranteed by the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, which grants citizenship to anyone ...

The Trump administration on Thursday sought permission from the Supreme Court to enforce President Donald Trump's executive ...

The Trump administration asked the Court to allow restrictions on birthright citizenship to partly take effect while legal ...

President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to prop up a January executive order ending birthright citizenship in the ...

The Trump administration is pushing for the the U.S. Supreme Court to allow some restrictions on birthright citizenship even ...

The ethical debate over birthright citizenship ... is that babies who receive citizenship only because they were born on Canadian territory are jumping the country’s immigration queue, which ...

President Donald Trump's order to halt automatic citizenship for children born to parents in the country without legal authorization is blocked again.

The U.S. is among about 30 countries where birthright citizenship — the principle of jus soli or “right of the soil” — is applied. Most are in the Americas, and Canada and Mexico are among ...

Trump’s executive order would block automatic citizenship for any child born in the U.S. to someone who is in the country illegally, as well as children born to someone with temporary legal ...