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

The Trump administration is developing a powerful data tool it claims will let states identify noncitizens registered to vote ...

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

Thirty-two individuals from 17 countries became new United States citizens during the annual Naturalization Ceremony in ...

The judges seemed dubious about the executive order's constitutionality, but wondered whether the plaintiffs even have ...

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.

In U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark (1898), the U.S. Supreme Court considered whether a man born in the United States to parents who were Chinese Nationals was a citizen at birth under the 14th Amendment.

Let's begin with the constitutional text, here from section 1 of the 14th Amendment: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of ...