The US has had birthright citizenship since the ratification of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution in 1868.

President Donald Trump’s push to end automatic birthright citizenship was met by a suspicious Supreme Court on Wednesday, with liberal and conservative justices raising tough questions about ...

The amendment is unlikely to clear the chamber or be ratified.

CNN legal analyst and former federal prosecutor Shan Wu argued that those who question the birthright citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment are pushing a “racist viewpoint” on Wednesday. Wu made ...

Solicitor General D. John Sauer struggled to say definitively whether Native Americans qualify for birthright citizenship under President Donald Trump’s executive order to terminate the centuries-old ...

Donald Trump is on a mission to purge the United States of all illegal immigrants by bringing an end to birthright citizenship., but he may alienate one of his closest allies in doing so. On his first ...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) proposed an amendment on Thursday to “protect United States citizenship” and end birthright citizenship automatically granted to citizens born in the country as stipulated in the ...

Since the ratification of the 14th Amendment in 1868, birthright citizenship has been an accepted constitutional norm. Yes, there has long been an undercurrent of thought that challenges birthright ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants is now before the ...

Under current interpretations of American law, anyone born on American soil automatically becomes a U.S. citizen, regardless of whether the parent was here legally or not,” Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., ...