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 be, because it defines who we are ...

In 1898, in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, the Supreme Court held that this means that everyone born in the United States, regardless of the immigration status of their parents, is a United States ...

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

President Donald Trump appeared to notch a victory in his fight to end birthright citizenship in the United States. But can ...

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

Wong Kim Ark, the Supreme Court held that this means that everyone born in the United States, regardless of the immigration status of their parents, is a United States citizen.

President Donald Trump has a solid group of constitutional scholars in his corner ready to back his birthright citizenship ...

The Wong Kim Ark decision is the one targeted by Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship and the one under attack because of the Trump v. CASA decision. Palma McLaughlin, a Dorchester ...

And the Supreme Court agreed in a landmark 1898 decision, United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898). Wong Kim Ark was born in San Francisco to Chinese immigrant parents who were barred from naturalization ...

In U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark (1898), the U.S. Supreme Court considered whether a man born in the United States to parents who were Chinese Nationals was a citizen at birth under the 14th Amendment.