On his first day in office, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order attacking birthright citizenship, the ...

The president’s executive order would purportedly end a fundamental right enshrined in the Constitution. But that's not how ...

President Donald Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right enshrined in the 14th Amendment. We ...

“The 13th, 14th and 15th amendments were designed to enshrine Lincoln’s promise of a new America.” The amendment’s first section begins: “All persons born or naturalized in the United ...

Black activists championed the idea of birthright citizenship long before it was introduced to the U.S. Constitution, reports ...

And such is the case with the 14th Amendment, especially Section 1.

The 14th Amendment grants citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the US"—why does Trump wants to change it?

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