Justice Brett Kavanaugh sounded like a fired-up prosecutor last year as he shot off a withering series of nuts-and-bolts questions about how President Donald Trump would carry out his plan to rewrite ...

Advocates for ending birthright citizenship point to "birth tourism" schemes to argue that the legal principle is ripe for exploitation and threatens national security. Experts say it's not so simple.

Citizenship rules are shifting around the globe as individuals respond to geopolitical tensions and economic instability. While Italy is tightening its restrictions to allow fewer people to claim ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed poised Wednesday to reject President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship in a consequential case that was magnified by his unparalleled presence ...

At a recent U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing on birthright citizenship, Republican lawmakers argued that the legal principle granting automatic citizenship to nearly everyone born on American soil is ...