In 1898, in the landmark case of U.S. v Wong Kim Ark, the Supreme Court reaffirmed the birthright citizenship guarantee, ...

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed with a lower court’s ruling that President Donald ...

The vice president envisions a world of tiered citizenship, where entry depends on heritage and status rests on obedience.

Yesterday, in a 6–3 decision in Trump v. CASA, the United States Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in a case involving an executive order that purports to eliminate birthright ...

Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship is the latest attempt to alienate immigrants and erase the immigrant history that built this nation.

Trump would like us to believe that he is defending the nation’s heritage, but his attempts to weaponize citizenship against ...

A federal judge blocked the Donald Trump administration from ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who ...

First, that the text of the amendment specifically limits birthright citizenship to “persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof” — which ...

Senator Jacob Howard, a Republican from Michigan, drafted the birthright citizenship language and was clear in his intent. “This amendment which I have offered is simply declaratory of what I ...

There is a uniquely Chinese aspect to the history of birthright citizenship, as established by the 14th Amendment: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the ...

Birthright citizenship has been settled U.S. law since the post-Civil War 14th Amendment and the Wong Kim Ark case of 1898. The American Immigration Council states: “Globally, birthright ...