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.

This article was originally published by The 19th. A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship to babies born on U ...

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 ...

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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.