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Confused about the status of birthright citizenship in the US? Here is what to know
Birthright citizenship remains in effect despite recent court decisions and President Donald Trump's executive order ...
'Nothing less than the right to have rights': Mothers refashion birthright citizenship lawsuit into class action
"Stripping birthright citizenship will have deleterious consequences. It will render stateless thousands of children born to immigrants residing in the United States." The post 'Nothing less than the ...
Can American Citizens Lose Their Citizenship?
Let's begin with the constitutional text, here from section 1 of the 14th Amendment: All persons born or naturalized ...
What’s next for President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order in the courts
A federal judge in New Hampshire has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.
Noah Feldman: No, the government can’t just take away your citizenship
The goal is certainly to frighten naturalized citizens into refraining from criticizing the administration — in other words, ...
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Taking stock of Trump’s immigration requests on the emergency docket
Immigration Matters is a recurring series by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández that analyzes the court’s immigration docket, ...
Becoming a U.S. citizen: Separating fact from fiction
The national debate over immigration has reached a flashpoint, with emotions high and often misconceptions about the process ...
Opinion - Why does the US have birthright citizenship? Should it?
Birthright citizenship is relatively uncommon. There are 195 countries in the world, and only 30 of them have it — that’s ...