President Donald Trump was ecstatic on Thursday when the Supreme Court decided to hear his birthright citizenship case. 'I am so happy,' he said. 'I think the case has been so misunderstood,' the ...

There is local reaction to Friday's landmark ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court.There are two parts to the ruling: The overall decision to limit power by lower co ...

FILE - Mairelise Robinson, a U.S. citizen who is 6 months pregnant, attends a protest in support of birthright citizenship, outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, May 15, 2025. (AP ...

William Galston makes several errors in his column “In Defense of Birthright Citizenship,” Politics & Ideas, Feb. 12). The evolution in the law of naturalization shows that the difference ...

The 14th Amendment erased that finding and expanded citizenship to almost anyone born in the United States. In 1898, the justices again considered birthright citizenship in the case of Wong Kim Ark .

The birthright citizenship legal challenge at the Supreme Court is not a minor adjustment to immigration policy, but a fundamental redefinition of citizenship itself.

The right to automatic U.S. citizenship at birth was enshrined by the 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868 in the wake of the Civil War.It granted full citizenship to formerly enslaved people and ...

Birthright citizenship worries Michigan immigrant community by: Taryn Simmons. Posted: May 20, 2025 / 10:46 AM EDT. Updated: May 20, 2025 / 10:46 AM EDT.

America is at a crossroads. In light of the events taking place in our community, state and country, there has been nothing, in my view, more important than the debate on birthright citizenship.

The 1898 Supreme Court case United States v. Wong Kim Ark is often cited as establishing birthright citizenship, because the Court decided that he was a U.S. citizen based on the 14th Amendment.

But this is the infamous order declaring that birthright citizenship does not extend to children of parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily. “Not so fast,” said attorneys ...