Automatic citizenship for people born in the United States is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.

The 14th Amendment was written to make citizens out ... both Chinese citizens residing in the U.S. who could not become naturalized citizens because of the Chinese Exclusion Act.

The Supreme Court was asked to determine whether Wong had become a U.S. citizen at birth "by virtue of the first clause of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution," which says: "All persons born or ...

American ensured birthright citizenship for all those born in the U.S. and the dangers of Trump's pledge to end the practice.

Donald Trump’s views on birthright citizenship have always been in the spotlight. This debate goes back to the 14th Amendment ...

Charlie Kirk, founder and president of the conservative group Turning Point USA, shared on X a video clip of Trump on NBC’s "Meet the Press" discussing his desire to end birthright citizenship — and ...

For Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to end birthright citizenship is more ...

Courts have upheld the centuries-long history of birthright citizenship. If the Trump administration tries to end it, the ...

To guarantee that the Civil Rights Act of 1866 was constitutional, the Radical Republicans fought for and secured passage of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1868. The amendment mimics ...

But the full consequences of the wording — “all persons born or naturalized in the United ... who drafted the citizenship part of the 14th Amendment, Sen. Jacob Merritt Howard of Michigan ...

This law is protected under Section 1 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which was ratified in 1868. It states:"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the ...