In August 1895, a young cook named Wong Kim Ark was about to disembark from the SS Coptic, after a long journey home to San Francisco from China, when U.S. customs officials denied him re-entry.

Get ready for a Supreme Court showdown over President Donald Trump's challenge to birthright citizenship -- the idea that all ...

Get ready for a Supreme Court showdown over President Donald Trump's challenge to birthright citizenship — the idea that all ...

Despite what many pundits and even lower court judges are saying, this is not a slam dunk for the president's opponents.

President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14160, titled “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” aiming to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to ...

A constitutional law professor weighs in on the legal battles sparked by President Donald Trump’s controversial executive ...

Image: Wong Kim Ark, whose landmark 1898 lawsuit led ... “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.” ...