The debate today depends on whether, in 1868, foreigners were considered 'subject to the jurisdiction' of the United States.

The 14th Amendment allows citizens to "all persons born or naturalized in the US"—why does Trump wants to change it?

Trump signed an executive order purporting to rewrite birthright citizenship. That's not how the Constitution works.

A federal judge in Seattle has signed a temporary restraining order blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order on ...

Trump's executive order doesn't look to change the 14th Amendment, but to reinterpret it so that a large part of the people ...

Brad Jones, a professor of political science at the University of California Davis, told Newsweek. Birthright citizenship has ...

Trump's order directs federal agencies to stop issuing citizenship documents to U.S.-born children of undocumented mothers.

However, Trump’s executive order attempts to argue that the 14th Amendment does not apply to everyone born in the U.S. It states: “ . . . The Fourteenth Amendment has never been interpreted to ...

Officials in Santa Clara County on Thursday said they have filed a federal lawsuit over President Trump's executive order ...

Some people claim Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship will affect his own allies like Usha Vance and Marco Rubio.

The executive order is not retroactive and is not seeking ... law and referred to as jus soli ("right of the soil"). The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed in 1866, less than ...