The court in 1898 ruled that the protections and guarantees afforded by the 14th Amendment belong to citizens and noncitizens ...

By Selen Ozturk The three weeks since President Trump’s inauguration has brought a regular slurry of executive orders — including one ending birthright citizenship. The order, issued on the first ...

Voting rights advocates say the bill would disproportionately affect married women, young voters, and minorities.

The ban on the US birthright citizenship (jus soli-right of the soil) by the 47th President of the United States Donald Trump is perhaps one of the most discussed topics at this moment across the ...

On Jan. 23, a federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to strip U.S. citizenship from children born to undocumented parents, labeling the action ...

The infamous Dred Scott v. Sandford decision in 1857 denied citizenship to Black Americans, ruling that they could not claim rights under the Constitution. This historical context highlights the ...

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Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.), who represents the southernmost tip of Florida, said the 14th Amendment — adopted in 1868 to provide citizenship rights to freed slaves and their descendants — is ...

President Trump's executive order ending 'citizenship by birth' impacts children of legal non-immigrant visa holders in the US, causing concerns among the Indian diaspora. Immigration attorneys ...

It was ratified after the Civil War in 1868. Its sole objective was to grant citizenship and full rights to formerly enslaved people. There is little evidence that Congress and the states meant to ...

The poll indicated that only 3 in 10 American adults were in favour of changing the Constitution to prevent automatic birthright citizenship More American adults oppose than support President ...

US President Donald Trump has been sued by a coalition of Democratic-leaning states and civil rights groups over his plan to end birthright citizenship in the United States. Several separate ...