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

In a world where people are more mobile than ever, nations are struggling to recalibrate who can be a citizen.

President Donald Trump incorrectly said that the US is "the only country" that automatically confers citizenship to children ...

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

Birthright citizenship, or jus soli, gives citizenship to people born in a country, regardless of their parents’ nationality. About 30 countries, including the United States, still allow it ...

Since the adoption of the 14th Amendment in 1868, the United States has recognized birthright citizenship; that is, if a ...

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

This is called “birthright citizenship” and is based on the legal idea of jus soli, which means ‘right of the soil’ in Latin. The concept comes from English common law, which stated that people born ...