Birthright citizenship is relatively uncommon. There are 195 countries in the world, and only 30 of them have it — that’s ...

"Persons who 'will be born'—i.e., persons who have not yet been conceived—lack either standing or capacity to sue." The post ...

Amid the uncertainty and potential changes in the naturalization process to be a U.S. citizen, here are five things to know.

The ruling left unsettled the question of whether children born to immigrants without full legal status in the United States ...

Born on a US military base, the son of a US citizen father serving in the army, Jermaine Thomas never considered he might not ...

The right, enshrined in the 14th Amendment following the Civil War, automatically makes anyone born in the country an ...

Despite Trump’s threats, citizenship is a constitutional right that’s difficult to revoke once granted. He’s tried it before.

A recent Supreme Court decision puts an expectant immigrant mother in South Carolina and her baby at risk in a way that's not ...

Despite its flawed reasoning, the Supreme Court’s decision ensured citizenship for the children of immigrants born in the United States, putting an end to formal hereditary second-class status.

The 14th amendment to the Constitution states that “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and ...