Efforts to redefine the 14th Amendment could leave thousands of children stateless and trigger constitutional battles.

Birthright citizenship remains in effect despite recent court decisions and President Donald Trump's executive order

President Donald Trump is fighting to end automatic citizenship for children born to parents who are in the country unlawfully or on temporary visas, part of his broader crackdown on undocumented immigrants and a change that could overturn more than a century of legal precedent.

Let's begin with the constitutional text, here from section 1 of the 14th Amendment: All persons born or naturalized

President Trump's 2025 executive order challenges the 14th Amendment's birthright citizenship, sparking legal battles and controversy. While aiming to restrict citizenship for certain U.S.-born children,

D: Donald Trump posted on Saturday that he is giving “serious consideration” to revoking Rosie O’Donnell’s citizenship. The president posted on Truth Social, “Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country,

A federal judge in New Hampshire has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.

In 1898, in the landmark case of U.S. v Wong Kim Ark, the Supreme Court reaffirmed the birthright citizenship guarantee, clarifying that even if one’s parents were legally ineligible for U.S. citizenship, a child born on U.S. soil was a citizen.

Matt Kuenning, who teaches at Illinois State University and practices law in Champaign, says a New Hampshire judge's ruling to certify a class-action lawsuit will reduce the harm caused by the Trump administration's executive order.

A recent Supreme Court decision puts an expectant immigrant mother in South Carolina and her baby at risk in a way that's not the same for a woman across the border in North Carolina.

If U.S. citizenship for Puerto Ricans is no longer secure, then neither is the colonial arrangement that produced it.