Black activists championed the idea of birthright citizenship long before it was introduced to the U.S. Constitution , ...

When the Trump administration seeks to have the injunction quashed, the litigation may eventually proceed, through the ...

Sandford, which denied U.S. citizenship to Black people. “They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of ...

President Donald Trump’s executive order purporting to abolish birthright citizenship is unambiguously and profoundly racist.

and any executive order to restrict or abolish birthright citizenship is almost certain to be challenged in court as a violation of the 14th Amendment. But Mr. Trump is interpreting the ...

Most legal experts say the Constitution grants citizenship to children born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants.

“The 14th Amendment was designed to overturn this decision and define citizenship once and for all, and it was based on birthright,” Rosen says. “It is really important that it’s a vision of ...

Axios Visuals President Trump challenged U.S. birthright citizenship the day of his inauguration, attempting to strike down a 19th century constitutional doctrine via executive order. The big picture: ...

Donald Trump’s executive order purporting to end birthright citizenship is an attempt to reverse one outcome of the Civil War ...

The ratification of the 14th Amendment was born out of a need for clarity in the years following the Civil War. The 13th Amendment had abolished slavery in 1865, but it left unresolved critical ...

Over the years, the right to citizenship has been won by various oppressed or marginalized groups after hard-fought legal battles. Here's a look at how birthright citizenship has applied to some of ...