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The government cannot strip U.S.-born people of their U.S. citizenship unless the citizens voluntarily renounce it.

Legal battles over President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship continued on July 10, 2025, after a ...

Even if you applied for naturalization through the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services, you could still be deported while ...

"Birthright citizenship has protected us from those who might wish to pick and choose who gets to be American." ...

A Minnesota woman, adopted as a baby, wanted to make sure she had citizenship papers. That started a domino effect that now ...