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

For a country seemingly proud of calling itself a melting pot, a country that is unquestionably a nation of immigrants, it is ...

The UK government has tightened rules around British citizenship applications to block migrants arriving illegally on small boats across the English Channel or crossing the border by road or other ...

A federal judge blocked Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship for children of parents in the U.S. illegally, calling it ...

"The rule of law is, according to him, something to navigate around or simply ignore ... directed U.S. agencies to refuse to recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States ...

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 ...

“We are really one of very few countries in the world that enjoys this benefit ... hoped Trump would solve. Birthright citizenship has been around for over a century — it is not the ...

But how does this compare to citizenship laws around the world? Birthright citizenship, or jus soli (right of the soil), is not the norm globally. The US is one of about 30 countries - mostly in ...