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The Fourteenth Amendment's Citizenship Clause is the constitutional basis for birthright citizenship, and any attempts to abolish or revoke it would require significant changes to the Constitution.
U.S. law treats citizenship for children born abroad to one U.S. citizen parent primarily through statutes in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) that grant nationality by descent (jus sanguinis...
Three distinct clusters of birthright-citizenship legislation were filed in the 119th Congress: mirror House and Senate bills titled the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2025 that would amend immigration...
Two competing 2025-era bills frame the congressional fight over birthright citizenship: the Birthright Citizenship Act — introduced in the Senate by Sen. Lindsey Graham and in the House by Rep. Brian ...
The Born in America / Birthright Citizenship bills on the 2025–26 congressional calendar would narrow who counts as “subject to the jurisdiction” under the Fourteenth Amendment, limiting automatic U.S...
The Birthright Citizenship Act proposed in recent Congresses would narrow the federal statutory definition of who is “subject to the jurisdiction” for purposes of citizenship at birth, limiting automa...
Creating a future U.S. president who resembles “a normal American” requires more than electing someone without elite polish; it requires legal clarity on eligibility, structural reforms to lower party...
Two pieces of legislation bearing the name "Born in the USA Act" were introduced in the 119th Congress: S.646 in the Senate and H.R.3368 (styled "Born in the USA Act of 2025") in the House; both bills...
The "Born in the USA Act" is a congressional bill introduced in 2025 aimed at protecting constitutional birthright citizenship and blocking an executive order that sought to narrow who is recognized a...
Between 2018 and 2025 Reuters published explicit fact-checking and legal coverage showing that Donald Trump’s proposals to curtail birthright citizenship would not strip his children — including Barro...
The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, adopted in 1868 during Reconstruction, guarantees citizenship to those born or naturalized in the United States and imposes on states the obligations...