Monday’s amicus brief was spearheaded by Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and joined by the Republican AGs of 17 other ...

The debate today depends on whether, in 1868, foreigners were considered 'subject to the jurisdiction' of the United States. They weren't.

The president's executive orders have already drawn dozens of legal challenges, including some that could make it to the U.S.

A successful repeal of birthright citizenship would mean the so-called pro-life party creates a class of stateless infants, a shadow caste mostly unprotected by law. It would require Americans to ...

For a country seemingly proud of calling itself a melting pot, a country that is unquestionably a nation of immigrants, it is ...

CASA, an organization suing the Trump administration over its birthright citizenship executive order, has long relied on federal grants to fund its operations.

In no world whatsoever does Gray's pro-birthright citizenship opinion in Wong Kim Ark apply to children of illegal aliens. Eighty-four years later, in Plyler v. Doe, the court dropped a ...

President Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship will face its next legal hurdle this week when three ...

A judge in Seattle previously blocked Trump’s attempt to limit the long-standing constitutional protection. This latest order ...

In no world whatsoever does Gray’s pro-birthright citizenship opinion in Wong Kim Ark apply to children of people in the U.S. illegally. Eighty-four years later, in Plyler vs. Doe, the court ...

Under President Trump's Jan. 20 executive order, not every baby born in the U.S. would automatically be a U.S. citizen. (Lindsey Nicholson / Education Images / Universal Images Group / Getty ...