The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868, after the Civil War, with the intention of granting full citizenship rights to freed ...

A divided Eleventh Circuit recently ruled against a Jamaican national’s claim to U.S. citizenship, holding that his mother’s ...

Anyone born in the U.S. is a citizen at birth, guaranteed by the 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause. That clause wouldn't be ...

When President Donald Trump announced his intention to end birthright citizenship, right-wing media figures immediately began ...

The courts may continue to intervene, as some already have, and it is likely that the administration will often lose in those ...

A judge in Burlington has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the city for a charter change, allowing residents to vote in local elections regardless of citizenship.

The SAVE Act aims to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require proof of US citizenship for voting ...

Many Indian families rely on birthright citizenship for their U.S.-born children to gain legal standing and, eventually, help ...