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As the U.S. Supreme Court weighs Trump’s executive order to restrict birthright citizenship, learn what the 14th Amendment says and where the legal battle stands today.
Trump’s executive order, signed in January, seeks to deny citizenship to children who are born to people who are living in ...
The Supreme Court recently allowed Donald Trump to edge closer to ending Birthright Citizenship as outlined in the Fourteenth ...
Republican Rep. Andy Barr of Kentucky is introducing a bill to end birthright citizenship amid an ongoing legal battle between President Trump and several Democratic states.
Critics claim that anyone born in the United States is automatically a U.S. citizen, even if their parents are here illegally. But that ignores the text and legislative history of the 14th ...
Birthright citizenship, or jus soli, a legal term that means “right of the soil,” is the right guaranteed by the 14th Amendment, and upheld by the Supreme Court, that says anyone born on U.S ...
Now, thirty years after I heard them for the very time first time, the words of the Fourteenth Amendment have become part of the public discourse as some members of Congress are attempting to limit ...
President Donald Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship, ... but the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution plays a critical role in supporting some of our closest-held ...
Senator Tim Kaine, *** Democrat from Virginia, recently took to the floor to remind fellow lawmakers of the 14th Amendment's history. Section 1 states all persons born or naturalized in the United ...
What’s the citizenship status of the children of illegal aliens? That question has spurred quite a debate over the 14th Amendment lately, with the news that several states—including ...
President Donald Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right enshrined in the 14th Amendment. We asked two experts in constitutional and immigration law to walk us ...