Opinion
Donald Trump Is Emphatically Correct About Birthright Citizenship
Because when it comes to birthright citizenship, the virtue signaling and armchair excoriation is not just silly -- it's dead wrong on the law. Trump's Jan. 20 executive order on birthright citizenship is legally sound and fundamentally just.
Birthright citizenship: Why the ‘right of soil’ is so big in the Americas
More than 30 countries grant unrestricted birthright citizenship based on the ‘jus soli’ principle – and nearly all of them are in the Western Hemisphere. The reason is more complicated than you might think.
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Why America needs birthright citizenship
It’s part of who we are. The White House executive order theoretically ending birthright citizenship grandly proclaims its purpose as “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship.” As we’ve come to expect from this administration,
Trump executive order restricts birthright citizenship; states sue
After the Civil War, the Constitution was amended to consider every baby born in the US an American. Soon that may change.
The pregnant women who fear Trump’s birthright citizenship order
About two dozen states have filed lawsuits against the Trump administration contesting the birthright citizenship order, which experts say violates the 14th Amendment.
The twin histories of birthright citizenship and slavery
At first glance, birthright citizenship and slavery may seem like separate issues, but their histories are deeply intertwined, rooted in the same
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The pragmatic case for birthright citizenship
President Trump risks overplaying his hand by seeking to end the longstanding principle that children born in the United States are citizens.
More than 20 states sue Trump administration over order seeking to overturn birthright citizenship
President Trump invoked presidential powers to begin his long-promised immigration crackdown shortly after taking office on Monday.
Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship could upend 150 years of law
President Trump’s order curtailing birthright citizenship faces lawsuits over the 14th Amendment. This may be prelude to other efforts to end it.
Citizenship by Birthright? By Bloodline? Migration Is Complicating Both.
In a world where people are more mobile than ever, nations are struggling to recalibrate who can be a citizen.
THE INTERVIEW: Birthright Citizenship: Constitutional Guarantee or Policy Debate?
Birthright citizenship in the U.S. is based on the 14th Amendment, which grants automatic citizenship to anyone born on ...
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‘Meant for the children of slaves’: Trump disgustingly discredits birthright citizenship for immigrants’ children
Donald Trump has tried to justify ending birthright citizenship with his most deplorable justification yet. In a recent press ...
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What is birthright citizenship? Can Trump get rid of it? What to know about executive order
It's another tool for Trump's administration to target immigrants and ties into another campaign promise of mass deportation ...
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Is birthright citizenship in the Constitution? Can Trump end it? 18 states sue
"The federal government will not recognize automatic birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens born in the United States. We are also going to enhance vetting and screening of ...