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

After the Justice Department filed a written defense of the president's birthright citizenship order, some people feared an assault on Native rights.

Get ready for a Supreme Court showdown over President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship — the idea that ...

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” during ...

The president’s executive order seeks to end the automatic grant of citizenship to children born on U.S. soil.

A judge in Seattle previously blocked Trump’s attempt to limit the long-standing constitutional protection. This latest order ...

A federal judge in Maryland has ordered a second nationwide pause on President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end ...

Three days after Trump signed an executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents without US citizenship or green cards, a federal judge temporarily blocked the measure on ...

(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Amid the row over an executive order against birthright citizenship, US President Donald Trump said birthright citizenship was primarily intended for the children of slaves ...

In a world where people are more mobile than ever, nations are struggling to recalibrate who can be a citizen. By Emma Bubola Reporting from Rome For two summers during high school, instead of ...

At first glance, birthright citizenship and slavery may seem like separate issues, but their histories are deeply intertwined, rooted in the same constitutional principles and shaped by racial and ...

Few of President Donald Trump’s new executive orders have caused as much alarm as the one on birthright citizenship. That order prohibits federal agencies from issuing or accepting citizenship ...