Courts have upheld the centuries-long history of birthright citizenship. If the Trump administration tries to end it, the ...

Automatic citizenship for people born in the United States is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.

All five of President-elect Donald Trump’s children fulfill two criteria for automatic U.S. citizenship - they were born to ...

USA TODAY goes to Wyoming's Wind River Reservation to hear the challenges and the pride of being Indigenous in America.

In United States v. Wong Kim Ark, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the 14th Amendment provides people born in the U.S.

Homan expressed skepticism about whether the principle of granting citizenship to individuals born on U.S. soil is protected ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s team is assessing multiple options to fulfill his long-promised pledge to end birthright ...

The U.S. is one of more than 30 countries with unrestricted birthright citizenship. Trump said in a recent interview that he ...

Esther Yoo, Professor at the William S. Richardson School of Law, joins producer/host Coralie Chun Matayoshi to discuss what ...

People hold signs that read “Mass Deportation Now!” on July 17 during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

The legislative history of the 14th Amendment is clear that it only grants birthright citizenship to the children of people ...

The United States is not the only nation with birthright citizenship. Many countries, including Canada, have unrestricted birthright citizenship similar to the United States. The 14th Amendment to ...