Rights are never self-enforcing and there’s no language so perfect that having it written down will inherently resolve a problem forever,” noted historian Gregory Downs, pinpointing the essence of the maelstrom surrounding birthright citizenship in the United States.

Birthright citizenship remains in effect despite recent court decisions and President Donald Trump's executive order

President Trump has floated revoking the US citizenship of several famous Americans who have crossed him. How likely is any of this to happen?

The Constitution would test whether society could establish a government ‘from reflection and choice’ instead of bloodline,” penned Alexander Hamilton in Federalist No. 1 a dream that continues to reverberate in the heated arguments of today over who has the right to call themselves American.

Efforts to redefine the 14th Amendment could leave thousands of children stateless and trigger constitutional battles.

The United States refused Kiev to appoint the now ex-Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov as ambassador to Washington because he is a citizen of the United States. This was stated by the ex-deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Igor Mosiychuk*.

President Donald Trump is threatening to strip people of their U.S. citizenship, including political foes, as his administration works to deport people

Birthright citizenship is relatively uncommon. There are 195 countries in the world, and only 30 of them have it — that’s just 15 percent