We live in a wonderful world where dual citizenship is available in more and more places, but one country's criteria are ...

Unrestricted birthright citizenship is increasingly rare, and with only a few exceptions, it persists only in countries with ...

Around three dozen countries and the U.S. offer automatic citizenship to children born within their borders, regardless of their parents immigration status.

A federal judge in Seattle has signed a temporary restraining order blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order on ...

The order, signed on Inauguration Day, could impact hundreds of thousands of people born in the country, according to one lawsuit.

Birthright citizenship, also known by the legal term jus soli – "right of the soil" in Latin – is enshrined in the 14th ...

Here’s what to know about Trump’s proposal to add new restrictions in the U.S.—and how that compares to other countries.

Put simply, under Trump’s order, the children of most undocumented immigrants wouldn’t be US citizens, nor would the children ...