A group of law professors mount a campaign challenging birthright citizenship, arguing Trump's executive order to narrow the 14th Amendment is defensible.

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"Birthright citizenship" refers to the constitutional right to citizenship at the time of birth. When someone has a constitutional right, the only way to take away that right is through a constitutional amendment. That means Congress can't pass a law to ...

Until the Supreme Court of the United States rules on Trump v. Barbara (birthright citizenship), I will not be sure if my sister or I are true citizens of the USA. We were both born in New York City in 1948 and 1952, respectively, but our parents were German refugees who came to the U.S. in 1937 and 1939, escaping the Holocaust.

Trump sparks backlash after Truth Social post accusing India and China of exploiting US birthright citizenship, while attacking courts and immigration policies.

The 14th Amendment to the Constitution states that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.” The Supreme Court will soon determine whether that text guarantees birthright citizenship regardless of immigration status.