Automatic citizenship for people born in the United States is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.

Establishing the principle, and enshrining it in the Constitution, was an integral part of repudiating this nation’s history ...

According to a 2020 study from Syracuse University, roughly 250,000 children are born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrant ...

If you're born in the United States, you are — with rare exception — a citizen of the United States. President-elect Donald Trump wants to end birthright citizenship. But can he? Ending ...

Trump says he wants to end birthright citizenship. But that goal is in tension with the Constitution, and an executive order ...

If you were born in America, citizenship is your birthright. You promised to end birthright citizenship on day one. Is that still your plan? Yes, absolutely. We're going to end that because it's ...

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, the son of immigrants, brings a deeply personal perspective to his opposition to Trump's plan to end birthright citizenship. Tong passionately vows to be ...

Donald Trump has given voters a hefty list of promises, and many of them come due right away. On many major issues, Trump ...

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 ...