UNITED STATES - JANUARY 23: Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., speaks during the news conference on the Birthright Citizenship Act in ...

President Trump’s torrent of executive actions has spurred a flood of legal challenges seeking to thwart the president’s ...

Santa Clara County is joining the number of lawsuits filed against President Donald Trump and his administration over the executive orders to end birthright citizenship. The county hopes to exert ...

More than 30 countries grant unrestricted birthright citizenship based on the ‘jus soli’ principle – and nearly all of them ...

Officials in Santa Clara County on Thursday said they have filed a federal lawsuit over President Trump's executive order ...

Catholic bishops across the country have publicly responded to President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders on ...

The debate today depends on whether, in 1868, foreigners were considered 'subject to the jurisdiction' of the United States.

President Trump said birthright citizenship was created for children of former slaves but is no longer appropriate with ...

Harris County Commissioner Adrian Garcia and Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee joined dozens of local government ...

This is completely unprecedented. We've never seen anything even close to this," Montana State University of Billings political science professor Paul Pope told MTN News.

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