For millions of permanent residents hoping to become U.S. citizens, the journey could soon get harder, as federal officials ...

U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman ruled that President Trump's administration cannot withhold citizenship from children ...

Fight over Trump's order to deny birthright citizenship heads toward Supreme Court, with 14th Amendment protections at stake ...

The judges seemed dubious about the executive order's constitutionality, but wondered whether the plaintiffs even have ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's order restricting birthright citizenship was blocked nationwide by a fourth court on Thursday, ...

Thirty years later, the Court held in United States v. Wong Kim Ark that the clause means just what it says: Anyone born in America is a citizen of America.

There are 22 states that have decided to file lawsuits to protect the right to birthright citizenship, an issue that has been the subject of debate since the Donald Trump administration.

Let's begin with the constitutional text, here from section 1 of the 14th Amendment: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of ...