In limited circumstances, such as fraud, the U.S. government can revoke the citizenship of naturalized citizens — people who were born outside the U.S. and gained U.S. citizenship through a legal process. ​

Trump’s executive order, signed in January, seeks to deny citizenship to children who are born to people who are living in the U.S. illegally or temporarily. It is part of the hard-line immigration agenda of the president, who has called birthright citizenship a “magnet for illegal immigration.”

Birthright citizenship remains in effect despite recent court decisions and President Donald Trump's executive order

Birthright citizenship remains in effect despite recent court decisions and President Donald Trump's executive order

The Philippine Defense Department says Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. renounced his Maltese citizenship and disclosed it to Filipino authorities before taking office.

MOUNT VERNON, Va. — On the Fourth of July, beneath a sun that seemed to soften just in time for the ceremony, one hundred immigrants reminded the crowd

One of his biggest targets: the birthright citizenship that has defined American identity for over 150 years. On Thursday, a federal judge temporarily blocked Trump’s order, which had directed federal departments to deny birthright citizenship from children born to mothers and fathers who are not legal American citizens.