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U.S. citizenship laws

Current US laws and constitutional protections regarding citizenship

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What statutory authorities beyond 8 U.S.C. §1357(a)(3) allow CBP to operate inside the U.S. interior?

’s authority to operate beyond the immediate border is not limited to the single clause 8 U.S.C. §1357(a); draws on a constellation of statutory authorities in Title 8 (the INA) and Title 19 () that p...

Jan 27, 2026

How does birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment apply to children born on US soil?

The Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause provides that “all persons born or naturalized in the , and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens” — a provision long interpreted by courts an...