Federal officials are moving to reinstate a stricter version of the U.S. citizenship test, a change critics say could limit ...

"It entails a holistic assessment of an alien’s behavior, adherence to societal norms, and positive contributions that ...

U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman ruled that President Trump's administration cannot withhold citizenship from children ...

The judges seemed dubious about the executive order's constitutionality, but wondered whether the plaintiffs even have ...

Thirty-two individuals from 17 countries became new United States citizens during the annual Naturalization Ceremony in ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's order restricting birthright citizenship was blocked nationwide by a fourth court on Thursday, ...

Thirty years later, the Court held in United States v. Wong Kim Ark that the clause means just what it says: Anyone born in America is a citizen of America.

Let's begin with the constitutional text, here from section 1 of the 14th Amendment: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of ...

It granted full citizenship to formerly enslaved people and their children, and ensured everyone born in the United States could claim citizenship regardless of race; legal rulings eventually ...