"Birthright citizenship has protected us from those who might wish to pick and choose who gets to be American." ...

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United ...

Also known as "jus soli", it's a policy whereby any child born within a country automatically becomes a citizen of that nation. More than 30 other countries recognize birthright citizenship.

Did Trump end birthright citizenship? Here's what Supreme Court ruling on nationwide injunctions means for immigrant parents.

Where countries don’t follow jus soli, they generally rely on jus sanguinis, meaning “right of blood.”Countries like Singapore and China require at least one parent to be a citizen in order ...

The first batch of jus soli constitutions in Spanish America were drafted following a bloody, two-decade-long independence war, with fighting sprawling across the continent, ...

Jus soli derives from common law, the system used in most English-speaking countries and former British colonies. In civil law systems, such as most European nations, the dominant principle is jus ...

The concept of jus soli has a storied history in the United States that dates to the late 1800s. Here are three things that will bring you up to speed on the issue: 1.

WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Friday ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision left unclear the fate of President Donald Trump’s ...

The upshot is that to an originalist, someone like Cruz — born in a foreign country (and therefore not a natural born citizen of the United States by jus soli) and to a Cuban citizen father (and ...

Gaetz argues that limited jus soli is a principle conveyed in the 14th Amendment and codified in the Immigration and Nationality Act through the statement, “subject to the jurisdiction of.” ...