President-elect Donald Trump is preparing to dust off a series of centuries-old laws and legal theories to drive his ...

Trump says he wants to end birthright citizenship. But that goal is in tension with the Constitution, and an executive order ...

According to a 2020 study from Syracuse University, roughly 250,000 children are born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrant ...

The son of immigrants is among 23 Democratic attorneys general likely to be regularly suing the incoming Trump administration ...

Automatic citizenship for people born in the United States is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.

Preserving birthright citizenship is not just about protecting a constitutional right − it is about safeguarding the heart ...

Sure, the new administration cannot wave a magic wand and end birthright citizenship by executive order. And any attempts ...

Homan expressed skepticism about whether the principle of granting citizenship to individuals born on U.S. soil is protected ...

(Sarah Meyssonnier/AP) Analysis by Amber Phillips President-elect Donald Trump said he’ll end the constitutional right for anyone born in the United States to have citizenship — a concept ...

Below is a look at U.S. birthright citizenship and Trump's legal authority to restrict it. Anyone born in the United States ...

regardless of the parents' citizenship status. The Citizen Clause, under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, states that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to ...

The United States is not the only nation with birthright citizenship. Many countries, including Canada, have unrestricted birthright citizenship similar to the United States. The 14th Amendment to ...