Executive orders allow a US president to take action without the approval of Congress. They can also be overturned by Congress. But a president retains the power to veto such a decision, which in turn ...

In Latin America, many newly formed countries that had gained independence in the 19th century saw ‘right of soil’ citizenship as a way to build national identity and thus further break from their ...

Concepcion said if the federal government wishes to limit birthright citizenship to those whose parents are already U.S. citizens, that’s up to them. “The MVA takes no position on this matter ...

After President Donald Trump signed an executive order to change the meaning of the 14th Amendment to end “birthright ...

Birthright citizenship is a shield of protection to anyone born in this country, as close to a national self-definition as we ...

Black activists championed the idea of birthright citizenship long before it was introduced to the U.S. Constitution, reports ...

The Trump administration’s campaign to abolish birthright citizenship is not going well. Less than 72 hours after Trump ...

Days into President Donald Trump’s second administration, however, Evans isn’t taking a position on Trump’s attempt to ...

Over the years, the right to citizenship has been won by various oppressed or marginalized groups after hard-fought legal ...

Sandford, which denied U.S. citizenship to Black people. “They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of ...

On Trump repealing anti-discrimination policies signed into law by Lyndon Johnson] "That's right, Donald Trump went back in ...

A federal judge in Seattle is set to hear the first arguments Thursday in a multi-state lawsuit seeking to block President ...