After the Civil War, the Constitution was amended to consider every baby born in the US an American. Soon that may change.

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review the legality of President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship in the U.S., a landmark case that stands to profoundly upend the ...

In a new book, investigative journalist Peter Schweizer exposes the grand scale of Chinese birth tourism, estimating that ...

A federal judge in Seattle has signed a temporary restraining order blocking President Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship. U.S. District Judge John Coughenour on Thursday heard a ...

Here's a guide to what birthright citizenship is, what happens if Trump's order ends it, and what comes next after lawsuits ...

Issued at the start of his second term, the plan is the first from Mr. Trump's immigration agenda that the Supreme Court will evaluate on the legal merits. The justices have been asked to intervene in ...

Children born to parents who are undocumented or have temporary status will retain their right to birthright citizenship, but the fight is heading to the Supreme Court. This article was updated Dec 5, ...

Birthright citizenship—the principle that anyone born on American soil is a citizen—has deep roots in English common law and ...

President Donald Trump told Politico that it would be “devastating” if the Supreme Court struck down his executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. In a wide-ranging interview with ...

People have different opinions about what we call birthright citizenship, which is the right of any child born on American soil to be a citizen, whether or not his or her parents are citizens.