The ratifiers of the 14th Amendment could not have contemplated excluding the children of unlawful entrants, because the ...
One hundred and fifty-seven years ago, the United States adopted a Constitutional amendment guaranteeing citizenship to people born on U.S. soil, one of the American bedrocks of equality. Now, that ...
As a general rule, babies born in the United States of America are citizens of the United States of America. There isn’t any question about that. It’s in the Constitution, 14th Amendment: “All persons ...
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide a case in 2026 challenging President Donald Trump’s authority to end birthright ...
Legal scholars Amy Swearer and Hans von Spakovsky challenge birthright citizenship, arguing 14th Amendment excludes children ...