When officials denied that he was a citizen, Wong Kim Ark took his case to the Supreme Court and won. Today, that decision is the focus of debate over who can be an American.

Twenty-five people were sworn in as U.S. citizens on Friday at a naturalization ceremony in Hartford. Hear one family's story ...

In a time of much uncertainty in the federal bureaucracy, many still reach the end of their paths to citizenship in a ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A naturalization ceremony took place at the U.S. District Court in Syracuse on Friday morning. This ceremony ...

In the United States, as in Europe, the advent of national citizenship (as opposed to local citizenship) has mirrored and ...

The preliminary injunction is the second temporary hold against Trump’s executive order and puts efforts to end birthright ...

Over the past couple of months, I’ve been working very closely with one of our columnists, Carlos Lozada, on a series of ...

A federal judge temporarily blocked the order on Jan. 23, calling it blatantly unconstitutional. 22 states, including North Carolina, have challenged the executive order due to violating the ...

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly welcomed 30 new citizens at a naturalization ceremony held on the first-floor rotunda of the Kansas Statehouse. The U.S. District Court for the State of Kansas convened ...

A federal judge gently hints that Trump’s lawyer might consider a change of location and extinguishes the dung—for now.

(AP Photo/John Hanna) Thirty immigrants from 18 nations take the oath to become U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John ...

Birthright citizenship is a shield of protection to anyone born in this country, as close to a national self-definition as we ...