Birthright citizenship is part of what makes the United States the strong and dynamic nation that it is," Anthony D. Romero, ...

After the Civil War, the Constitution was amended to consider every baby born in the US an American. Soon that may change.

The debate today depends on whether, in 1868, foreigners were considered 'subject to the jurisdiction' of the United States.

Only hours after being sworn into office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that would end birthright ...

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of ...

A federal judge in Seattle has signed a temporary restraining order blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order on ...

In 1898 the Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Wong Kim Ark ... before the executive order American birthright citizenship was available to anyone born in the U.S. except for: Children ...

It’s part of who we are. The White House executive order theoretically ending birthright citizenship grandly proclaims its purpose as “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship.” As ...

President Trump invoked presidential powers to begin his long-promised immigration crackdown shortly after taking office on ...

Eighteen states and the ACLU filed lawsuits seeking to prevent President Trump from denying citizenship to children born in ...

Officials in Santa Clara County on Thursday said they have filed a federal lawsuit over President Trump's executive order ...

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown also announced a separate lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court of the Western ...