For millions of permanent residents hoping to become U.S. citizens, the journey could soon get harder, as federal officials ...

U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman ruled that President Trump's administration cannot withhold citizenship from children ...

Appeals court to review Trump's birthright citizenship order after Supreme Court ruling narrowed lower courts' ability to ...

It granted full citizenship to formerly enslaved people and their children, and ensured everyone born in the United States could claim citizenship regardless of race; legal rulings eventually ...

Fight over Trump's order to deny birthright citizenship heads toward Supreme Court, with 14th Amendment protections at stake ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's order restricting birthright citizenship was blocked nationwide by a fourth court on Thursday, ...

"The Executive Order threatens these newborns' identity as United States citizens and interferes with their enjoyment of the full privileges, rights, and benefits that come with U.S. citizenship ...

Thirty years later, the Court held in United States v. Wong Kim Ark that the clause means just what it says: Anyone born in America is a citizen of America.

Babies born to immigrants without full legal status in the 28 states where there was no challenge to the executive order could be deprived of U.S. citizenship, raising concerns that a month from ...