On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order aimed at ending automatic citizenship — known as “birthright citizenship” — for children born in the United States to two ...

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President Donald Trump is fighting to end automatic citizenship for children born to parents who are in the country unlawfully or on temporary visas, part of his broader crackdown on undocumented ...

A federal court in New Hampshire has blocked the Trump administration's controversial executive order aimed at ending ...

Once upon a time, doctors were convinced that using leeches and drawing the blood of patients cured illness. No matter how ...

Birthright citizenship represents the best of America: a clear, principled rule that has served us well for over 150 years. It cannot be easily changed, nor should it ...

A federal judge again barred President Donald Trump 's administration from enforcing his executive order limiting birthright ...

A federal judge used an exception to overcome the Supreme Court's recent ruling that restricted the ability of judges to ...

CONCORD, New Hampshire >> A federal judge today has again barred President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing his ...

Dred Scott, an enslaved person born in Virgina around 1799, and Wong Kim Ark, the son of Chinese immigrant parents, born in ...

Birthright citizenship is relatively uncommon. There are 195 countries in the world, and only 30 of them have it — that’s ...

In Chief Justice John Roberts's opening statement at his confirmation hearing, he explained that judges are like baseball ...