Here’s what to know about Trump’s proposal to add new restrictions in the U.S.—and how that compares to other countries.

In a world where people are more mobile than ever, nations are struggling to recalibrate who can be a citizen.

More than 30 countries grant unrestricted birthright citizenship based on the ‘jus soli’ principle – and nearly all of them ...

Since the adoption of the 14th Amendment in 1868, the United States has recognized birthright citizenship; that is, if a ...

This week, the Trump administration doubled down in its fight against birthright citizenship. The usual alliance of pundits, professors and press lined up to declare any challenge to birthright ...

Most profound, birthright citizenship is rooted in the blood of more than 700,000 Americans who died in the Civil War, a catastrophe that made possible what most historians now call the “second ...

It’s a right enshrined in the ... and "jus sanguinis", or right of the blood (citizenship is acquired through citizenship of the parents). Which is why birthright citizenship dictates that ...

“It is really important that it’s a vision of citizenship based on land rather than blood ... of birthright citizenship. “(The Supreme Court’s decision) said that the right of citizenship ...