It is widely agreed that “subject to the jurisdiction” excluded the children of diplomats, Native Americans subject and with ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's effort to curtail automatic birthright citizenship as part of his immigration crackdown ...

They became citizens in the fall of 1943. Up to now, I had never given my citizenship a second thought. United States citizenship can be acquired by birthright in two situations: by virtue of the ...

The SAVE Act aims to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require proof of US citizenship for voting ...

By this metric, almost no one in the United States qualifies as a citizen.

In 1820, the US Census recorded ... regulated militia. Letter writers: If the framers of the constitution couldn't imagine modern immigration when creating birthright citizenship in the 14th ...

When it was added to the Constitution, citizen militias, using mostly muskets, were critical to the defense of the United States ... Please keep letters to 250 words or less.

For over a century, the U.S. has recognized that if you’re born here, you’re a citizen — period. But Brown wants us to believe that a president can undo this with an executive order.

are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside." Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship is a cruel and unconstitutional assault on our democracy.

Christmas Eve found us at the wrong service because we wanted ... the prospect of Donald Trump wanting to revoke birthright citizenship. Blowback was expected by this proposal which many found ...