The order, if approved, would deny citizenship to those born after Feb. 19 whose parents are in the country illegally.

The order, if approved, would deny citizenship to those born after Feb. 19 whose parents are in the country illegally.

However, the first restriction of jus soli in Mayotte, decided in 2018, which made access to French nationality conditional on one of the two parents having legal resident status for three months ...

Accidental Americans are people who inherit US citizenship by birthright or lineage but have little connection to the country ...

Many Malaysians may not realise that the dissolution of the Malayan Union was a pivotal moment that shaped the nation’s ...

This coming February, the City of Biñan will be celebrating not just one but three important events that mark its history and heritage – its 13th Cityhood Anniversary (February 2), its 78th Liberation ...

As part of its sovereign powers, each country will have different pathways to citizenship—mostly either by blood (jus sanguinis) or by way of place of birth (jus soli). Some can acquire citizenship by ...

Zarif described his resignation as a result of being "pushed out" and lamented that, since the start of the new ...

When the court addresses that question — which it almost certainly must — it should consider the 14th Amendment’s original purpose and the common-law principle of “jus soli,” or ...

A federal judge in Boston has blocked an executive order from President Donald Trump that would end birthright citizenship ...

The U.S. is among about 30 countries where birthright citizenship — the principle of jus soli or “right of the soil” — is applied. Most are in the Americas, and Canada and Mexico are among ...

Roughly a third of countries have a similar concept embedded in their laws but debate is raging in many places over the right, known as “jus soli” or “right of soil”. Trump signed an ...