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The government cannot strip U.S.-born people of their U.S. citizenship unless the citizens voluntarily renounce it.

Legal battles over President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship continued on July 10, 2025, after a ...

This comes even as Opposition parties have alleged that the Bihar SIR has become a de facto citizenship-verifying exercise – ...

In its recent birthright citizenship ruling, Trump v. CASA, the Supreme Court noted that plaintiffs could still seek broad relief by filing such class action lawsuits that would join together large ...

This comes even as Opposition parties have alleged that the Bihar SIR has become a de facto citizenship-verifying exercise – ...

Even if you applied for naturalization through the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services, you could still be deported while ...

On July 10, hearing a bunch of petitions challenging the Bihar SIR, the Supreme Court had urged the ECI to consider Aadhaar, EPIC cards and ration cards as documentary proof as well.

"Birthright citizenship has protected us from those who might wish to pick and choose who gets to be American." ...