Johnson previously said at a Senate hearing that the U.S. is in the "minority" of countries that grant birthright citizenship ...

Who gets to be an American? Since the 14th Amendment to the Constitution was adopted in 1868, the answer to that question has been cemented in the American psyche: anyone born on U.S. soil is a U ...

A federal judge Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order outlawing birthright citizenship —the policy ...

Among more than two dozen executive orders President Donald Trump signed on his first day back in office is an order to end birthright citizenship for certain groups. The order has already been ...

Among more than two dozen executive orders President Donald Trump signed on his first day back in office is an order to end birthright citizenship for certain groups. The order has already been ...

President-elect Donald Trump wants to end birthright citizenship early in his presidency. It’s easier said than done. Trump, a Republican, has pledged to shut down illegal immigration at the ...

Around three dozen countries and the U.S. offer automatic citizenship to children born within their borders, regardless of ...

We are the only country in the world that does this with the birthright, as you know ... practically the entire Western Hemisphere does the same, including Canada and Mexico. Pakistan too gives ...

In Canada, birthright citizenship does not apply to children of foreign ... C-71, the federal bill that would have extended that ability to pass on citizenship by descent, died when Parliament ...

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