About two dozen states have filed lawsuits against the Trump administration contesting the birthright citizenship order, ...

The debate today depends on whether, in 1868, foreigners were considered 'subject to the jurisdiction' of the United States.

Birthright citizenship is part of what makes the United States the strong and dynamic nation that it is," Anthony D. Romero, ...

Officials in Santa Clara County on Thursday said they have filed a federal lawsuit over President Trump's executive order ...

After the Civil War, the Constitution was amended to consider every baby born in the US an American. Soon that may change.

President Trump's bid to cut off birthright citizenship is "flagrantly unlawful," attorneys for 18 states said in a lawsuit ...

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of ...

Michigan is one of 18 states which signed onto the lawsuit challenging the executive order issued by Trump on Monday.

Rhode Island has joined a coalition of states suing President Trump over his executive order to end birthright citizenship ...

with Executive Director Anthony D. Romero calling it "unconstitutional" and "a reckless and ruthless repudiation of American ...

The executive order restricts automatic citizenship for babies born to parents who aren't citizens or lawful, permanent ...

In 1898 the Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Wong Kim Ark ... before the executive order American birthright citizenship was available to anyone born in the U.S. except for: Children ...