Born here, a citizen here.” It sounds simple — a child born on U.S. soil is American, no questions asked. But behind that ...

On May 15, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the federal government’s efforts to be able to generally implement President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship – the ...

A presidential executive order restricting automatic citizenship for children born to some immigrants could reverse a right granted to everyone born in the United States for the past 157 years – a ...

For 157 years, birthright citizenship has made anyone born in the United States a citizen – whether they are the child of citizens, foreign nationals living legally in the U.S. or unauthorized ...

On Friday, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of its birthright citizenship ...

Protestors rally outside the Supreme Court on May 15, the day it is scheduled to hear oral arguments over President Donald Trump’s efforts to restrict birthright citizenship. Nathan Howard/Reuters The ...

From Moncada v. Rubio, decided Wednesday by the Ninth Circuit (Judge Anthony D. Johnstone, joined by Judges Johnnie B. Rawlinson and Morgan Christen): Roberto Moncada was born in New York City in July ...

Martin Van Buren won the White House in 1836 by defeating William Henry Harrison to become the seventh President of the ...