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

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 ...

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

Birth tourism, she said, is not only confined to Chinese tourists, as other nationals such as those from Russia, have taken advantage of America’s jus soli legal principle where being born in ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order called “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” aimed at ...

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 ...

Birth tourism is the practice of traveling to another country for the purpose of giving birth there. America's jus soli legal principle means babies born in the CNMI get US citizenship. Liana ...