“When people see independent thinking on the other side, they cheer. But when those very same people see independent thinking ...

National pride in the U.S. is at a record low. Researchers and experts explore if there is a place for patriotism in ...

Under 8 U.S.C. § 1451, there is a legal means for the government to “denaturalize” naturalized citizens. The law was put in ...

As government officials speak about the Los Angeles protests against immigration raids, a statement from Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., was taken out of context. She did not say the U.S. should ...

But a new, nationwide citizenship movement is plausible – because the U.S. has a record of a successful one. In 1910, the foreign-born percentage of the population in the US (14.7) was roughly ...

“So, universal birthright citizenship isn’t required by the 14th Amendment’s text or historical context. It’s inconsistent with the earliest legal interpretations of the amendment.

Legislation in Texas, part of a broad GOP push led by President Donald Trump to require voters to show proof of U.S. citizenship, is expected to go before the state House soon. Critics say the ...

The Trump administration’s executive order to limit birthright citizenship is a serious challenge to the 14th Amendment, which enshrined a radical principle of our democratic experiment: that ...

According to estimates from the Migration Policy Institute and Penn State’s Population Research Institute, ending birthright citizenship would result in an average of 255,000 children being born ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is among more than 30 countries that allow for unrestricted birthright citizenship. Birthright citizenship means that a person born in a country, regardless of their ...

Unrestricted birthright citizenship, or jus soli, is relatively rare globally. The U.S. remains one of about 30 countries that offer automatic citizenship to all individuals born on their soil ...

The right to automatic U.S. citizenship at birth was enshrined by the 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868 in the wake of the Civil War. It granted full citizenship to formerly enslaved people and ...