The 14th Amendment makes clear that no politician can ever decide who among those born in our country is worthy of citizenship.

The US has historically given automatic citizenship to anyone born in the country, but this principle is not the norm ...

Tourists and illegal aliens aren’t subject to the ‘full and complete jurisdiction’ of the United States.

Though President Donald Trump’s executive order eliminating birthright citizenship wouldn’t affect someone in his circumstance, he called it “bulls--t.” The rhetoric around immigration frustrates Lara ...

President Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship has reignited a debate on the issue, with Rep. Brian Babin ...

The president’s executive order seeks to end the automatic grant of citizenship to children born on U.S. soil.

This article was updated on Feb. 6 at 2:04 p.m. Shortly after being sworn into office on Jan. 20 for a second term, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending birthright citizenship – the ...

President Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship in the United States. What is it, which other countries apply the policy and who would be affected by the order?

By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington Thirty years ago, Congress considered a bill much like President Trump’s recent executive order on birthright citizenship. It sought to deny automatic ...

Putting teeth into President Donald Trump's Day One executive order ending birthright citizenship to children born to immigrants who are in the U.S. without legal status could take some doing in ...

Legal experts say the undocumented population would grow and that all Americans would be impacted if Trump’s order ending ...