Native Americans born in the U.S. are U.S. citizens, and ICE cannot detain or deport them for immigration violations. Since ...

When officials denied that he was a citizen, Wong Kim Ark took his case to the Supreme Court and won. Today, that decision is the focus of debate over who can be an American.

Section One of the 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, begins ... tribal jurisdiction. All Native Americans, including those born in the U.S., were later granted citizenship by the 1924 Indian ...

The debate today depends on whether, in 1868, foreigners were considered 'subject to the jurisdiction' of the United States.

Black activists championed the idea of birthright citizenship long before it was introduced to the U.S. Constitution, reports Katie Hawkinson ...

This article was updated on Feb. 6 at 2:04 p.m. Shortly after being sworn into office on Jan. 20 for a second term, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending birthright citizenship – the ...

A federal judge who already questioned the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive ...

A federal judge who already questioned the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive ...