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

The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Shoshone-Paiute Tribes and Coeur D'Alene Tribe recently issued statements following Trump's executive orders.

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

Native Americans were given U.S. citizenship in 1924 ... Congress ratified the 14th Amendment in 1868, guaranteeing ...

The policy was the result of African Americans pushing for decades to be recognized as full citizens and part of a trio of ...

President Trump's recent executive order, titled 'Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,' aims to end birthright citizenship for children of non-citizens, including those on ...

The first sentence of the Fourteenth Amendment, adopted after the Civil War in 1868 ... citizenship. Because of diplomatic immunity, they are generally immune from prosecution under American ...

The 14th Amendment was born in the aftermath of the Civil War and ratified in 1868 ... citizenship to all U.S.-born people. Congress did not authorize citizenship for all Native Americans born ...

This is because of the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment that was added to the Constitution in 1868 ... US-born John Elk was not a citizen because he was born as a member of a Native ...

The 14th Amendment was born in the aftermath of the Civil War and ratified in 1868 ... citizenship to all U.S.-born people. Congress did not authorize citizenship for all Native Americans born ...

The 14th Amendment is rooted “in the darkest chapter of American ... was adopted in 1868 during the Reconstruction effort to safeguard rights of the formerly enslaved. One of four key sections of the ...