U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of President Trump’s ...

Ianthe Philips, 56, a first-generation U.S. citizen of Jamaican heritage, expressed deep concern about the direction of current birthright policies. She argues that targeting birthright citizenship is ...

The Supreme Court's decision to overturn universal injunctions will still mean his executive order is limited.

The American Civil Liberties Union and several legal nonprofits are leading efforts to create uniform protection for birthright citizenship across all states, arguing that the current patchwork ...

Seven lawyers who spoke with Reuters cited a punishing workload and the need to defend policies that some felt were not ...

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President Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship has kicked off an unprecedented legal battle over immigration policy. We explain the legal case and its broader ...

Protesters demonstrate Thursday outside the U.S. Supreme Court prior to oral arguments in a case about President Donald Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship. Photo: Jimmy ...

Experts say the implications of trying to change a law that has been in place for more than 150 years reach far ... One notable move is addressing the constitutional law of birthright ...