The White House signaled plans for executive orders, including ending birthright citizenship for children of illegal ...

Here’s what to know about Trump’s proposal to add new restrictions in the U.S.—and how that compares to other countries.

President Donald Trump has falsely claimed the U.S. is alone in offering citizenship as a birthright. More than 30 countries ...

Unrestricted birthright citizenship is increasingly rare, and with only a few exceptions, it persists only in countries with ...

Trump made the comments on his first day back in office, as he sat in the Oval Office signing off a raft of executive orders, ...

Trump’s executive order looks to redefine the constitutional right of birthright citizenship to exclude the children of ...

Birthright citizenship allows for a child born in the U.S. to a parent living in the country undocumented or temporarily to automatically become a citizen at birth.

But, no, we don’t know very well that the United States is the only country in the world that grants unconditional birthright ...

Senior U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour listened to 25 minutes of arguments before rejecting the order, halting the ...

America started doing so at the end of the civil war. The constitution was amended then to overturn the Dred Scott decision ...

(“Meet the architect of Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship, a California lawyer facing disbarment,” column, Jan. 23) My own English paternal grandfather entered Canada as a teenager on ...

Legal experts said the president’s executive order would upend precedent and is unlikely to pass constitutional muster.