The Citizenship Clause of the 14thAmendment, ratified in 1868, reads: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United ...
After President Donald Trump signed an executive order to change the meaning of the 14thAmendment to end “birthright citizenship,” it may be helpful to consider Horton’s story, the origins ...
It was the 14thAmendment to the Constitution — known as the birthright amendment and intended to provide citizenship and equal rights protection to people recently freed from slavery — that ...