Who gets to be an American? Since the 14th Amendment to the Constitution was adopted in 1868, the answer to that question has been cemented in the American psyche: anyone born on U.S. soil is a U.S.

Immigration Matters is a recurring series by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández that analyzes the court’s immigration docket, highlighting emerging legal questions about new policy and enforcement ...

Legal scholar César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández challenges the Justice Department's defense of President Donald Trump's ...

The U.S. is among more than 30 countries that allow for unrestricted birthright citizenship. Birthright citizenship means that a person born in a country, regardless of their parents' immigration ...

The nomination of Mr. Kojo Choi as Ghana’s Ambassador to the Republic of Korea has engendered significant public discourse concerning the legitimacy of his citizenship status under Ghanaian law. This ...

Many countries also adopt a mix of jus soli and jus sanguinis, granting citizenship to children born within the country and to those born to citizens living overseas. Sometimes extra tests are put in ...