The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Thursday on President Donald Trump's bid to broadly enforce his executive order ...

Contrary to conventional wisdom, birthright citizenship is not entirely settled U.S. law. The executive order states, “the ...

For generations, the birth certificate has been the cornerstone of how Americans verify their citizenship. But that standard may soon be upended.

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

Raising questions about who gets to claim to be an American powered the president’s political rise. A Supreme Court case may ...

Attorneys and advocates say suggestions that American-born children of deported parents can return to the United States gloss ...

The girl was deported Friday with her mother to Honduras, despite her father’s efforts to keep her in the United States.

Democrats and other critics say Texas legislation threatens to keep citizens who can’t easily access the right documents from voting.

Congress extended US citizenship to Native Americans in 1924 ... American practice of proving citizenship by presenting a birth certificate, which identifies the place of birth and not the ...

The government doesn’t seem to know how it will implement this massive change in policy.

Congress extended US citizenship to Native Americans in 1924 ... American practice of proving citizenship by presenting a birth certificate, which identifies the place of birth and not the ...