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

Rubio, a son of immigrants and now secretary of state, was responding to a 2016 lawsuit questioning his eligibility for the ...

The Trump administration is developing a powerful data tool it claims will let states identify noncitizens registered to vote ...

The U.S. has redefined how it evaluates “good moral character” for citizenship applicants, moving from a checklist of ...

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

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.

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 ...

The 1898 United States v. Wong Kim Ark case was the first to consider whether children born to parents without legal status are citizens. Two of the “best” malls in the country are in suburban ...

Babies born to immigrants without full legal status in the 28 states where there was no challenge to the executive order could be deprived of U.S. citizenship, raising concerns that a month from ...

"The Executive Order threatens these newborns' identity as United States citizens and interferes with their enjoyment of the full privileges, rights, and benefits that come with U.S. citizenship ...