President Donald Trump incorrectly said that the US is "the only country" that automatically confers citizenship to children ...
More than 30 countries grant unrestricted birthright citizenship based on the ‘jus soli’ principle – and nearly all of them ...
The debate today depends on whether, in 1868, foreigners were considered 'subject to the jurisdiction' of the United States.
In a world where people are more mobile than ever, nations are struggling to recalibrate who can be a citizen.
More than 20 states have sued the Trump administration, saying it has disregarded over 125 years of legal precedent which has guaranteed that a person born in the U.S. is automatically a citizen.