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

President Donald Trump has falsely claimed the U.S. is alone in offering citizenship as a birthright. More than 30 countries do — but some have rolled it back.

On Friday, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of its birthright citizenship order. Although the administration’s decision to do so was not a great ...

Eight score and three years ago—on Sept. 22, 1862—President Abraham Lincoln issued a bold executive order, now known as the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, that changed the meaning of the Civil ...

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump 's administration is asking the Supreme Court to uphold his birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States ...

(The Hill) — A federal appeals court ruled against President Trump on Friday, barring the administration from ending birthright citizenship. “The ‘lessons of history’ thus give us every reason to be ...

All would benefit by the Supreme Court revisiting a key provision in the 14th Amendment.

The Trump administration has officially asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide on the legality of an executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship under specific conditions. On Friday, the ...

BOSTON — A federal appeals court in Boston ruled on Friday that the Trump administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily, adding to the ...

The Supreme Court may review President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship executive order that opponents say violates the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause.