US don historically give automatic citizenship to anyone dem born for di kontri, but dis principle no be di normal tin ...

The US has historically given automatic citizenship to anyone born in the country, but this principle is not the norm ...

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 ...

Over the past couple of months, I’ve been working very closely with one of our columnists, Carlos Lozada, on a series of ...

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

Donald Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship faces a tough legal battle, but could have a major impact if enacted.

Birthright citizenship is a shield of protection to anyone born in this country, as close to a national self-definition as we ...

The other day, a longtime reader wrote to inquire about Sonnet, my daughter, and wondered what she would look like ...

For generations, European countries have used mostly bloodlines to determine citizenship ... by the Latin terms “jus sanguinis,” or right of blood, and “jus soli,” or right of soil ...

However, in most cases these countries turned toward a different type of birthright citizenship that has its roots in European law: jus sanguinis (‘right of blood’), which is generally based ...

Indigenous people in the U.S. are worried by President Donald Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional ...