Birthright citizenship in the U.S. is based on the 14th Amendment, which grants automatic citizenship to anyone born on ...

It's another tool for Trump's administration to target immigrants and ties into another campaign promise of mass deportation ...

Attorneys general in 18 states sued Tuesday to block the order, saying birthright citizenship cannot be undone with the ...

but you also have to be subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. All those who push birthright citizenship just point to that first phrase and ignore the second," he said. "I've done ...

Strikingly, nearly all of those countries recognizing unrestricted birthright citizenship are in the ... 1787 requires that the president of the United States be a natural-born citizen.

Since the adoption of the 14 th Amendment in 1868, the United States has recognized birthright citizenship; that is, if a person is born on U.S. soil, that person is a U.S. citizen regardless ...