President Donald Trump was ecstatic on Thursday when the Supreme Court decided to hear his birthright citizenship case.

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 ...

Two federal judges have issued injunctions against implementing President Trump’s executive order interpreting the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause as denying birthright citizenship to ...

The divided court ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions but left open the possibility that the birthright citizenship changes could remain blocked nationwide.

President Donald Trump hailed the Supreme Court decision as a "big win." But it still leaves the fate birthright citizenship unclear. However, it does limit nationwide injunctions by individual ...

What is birthright citizenship according to the 14th Amendment to the Constitution? Birthright citizenship is national citizenship received automatically by a person born within a nation’s territory.

How the Birthright Citizenship and Nationwide Injunctions Case Began The dispute before the court was prompted by an order President Trump signed on his first day back in the White House.

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

Citizenship by Birthright? By Bloodline? Migration Is Complicating Both. In a world where people are more mobile than ever, nations are struggling to recalibrate who can be a citizen.

All but two countries in the Americas grant automatic birthright citizenship to people born within their borders, but that isn't the norm everywhere.