In 1898, in the landmark case of U.S. v Wong Kim Ark, the Supreme Court reaffirmed the birthright citizenship guarantee, clarifying that even if one’s parents were legally ineligible for U.S. citizenship, a child born on U.S. soil was a citizen.

The phrase "subject to the jurisdiction" is key to the Supreme Court's forthcoming decision, and if the court follows the original intent of the 14th Amendment's nativistic Republican drafters, it will rule that the children of unnaturalized, illegal immigrants are not ipso facto citizens of the United States by virtue of their birth here.

"States would suffer the same irreparable harms under a geographically-limited injunction as they would without an injunction." The post 'Contrary to justice': 9th Circuit forcefully rejects Trump's birthright citizenship executive order and maintains nationwide injunction for state plaintiffs first appeared on Law & Crime.

NPR's Throughline hosts and producers, Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtin Arablouei, tell us the story of how birthright citizenship began in 1898 with the Supreme Court case, U.S. vs. Wong Kim Ark.

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order denying what's called birthright citizenship to children born in the U.S. to parents here without legal status. More than 20 states have sued the Trump administration in response. They contend his action disregards more ...

NPR's Throughline hosts and producers, Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtin Arablouei, tell us the story of how birthright citizenship began in 1898 with the Supreme Court case, U.S. vs. Wong Kim Ark.