Birthright citizenship is a moral commitment to the idea that the American Dream is not defined by bloodlines or borders, but ...

The 14th Amendment has long been understood to grant American citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil.

A federal appeals court appeared ready on Friday to become the second such court in the country to rule that President Donald ...

Appeals court to review Trump's birthright citizenship order after Supreme Court ruling narrowed lower courts' ability to issue universal injunctions.

A federal appeals court in San Francisco said President Donald Trump’s limits on birthright citizenship are unconstitutional ...

Ever since Donald Trump vowed to end birthright citizenship for the children of many immigrants, one question has loomed: How ...

A federal appeals court said Wednesday that President Trump's executive order curtailing birthright citizenship is ...

After months of avoiding details about a divisive plan to end birthright citizenship, President Donald Trump’s administration ...

Key specifics, including which types of immigrants would be subject to the new rules, have finally been made public.

About 10,000 babies are born in the U.S. every day. Investigating the parents' citizenship would require a sizable bureaucracy at taxpayer expense.

It granted full citizenship to formerly enslaved people and their children, and ensured everyone born in the United States could claim citizenship regardless of race; legal rulings eventually ...