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Rubio's history on this issue is relevant to the birthright citizenship debate because it illustrates the clash between ...

The Legislature has agreed to add $4 million to the state Attorney General’s litigation budget — essentially doubling it over the next two years — to help support the state’s court battle against ...

An estimated 218,000 people in the U.S. are stateless or are at risk of becoming so. As a result of President Trump's aggressive policies, people without any citizenship are more vulnerable than ever.

A man born in New York who lived and worked in the US for nearly 70 years isn’t a birthright citizen because his father had diplomatic immunity the year he was born, the Ninth Circuit said Wednesday.

In a new memo, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) asked officers to conduct a more “holistic” review of applicants.

The Trump administration is seeking a 30-day delay as the DOJ maps the Supreme Court's path to test birthright citizenship.

Most parents apply for their newborn’s SSN at birth, often at the hospital. An SSN is needed for a number of reasons, ...

Are we even safe as American citizens?” says Julie Ear, whose mother self-deported to Mexico earlier this summer.

Rubio, a son of immigrants and now secretary of state, was responding to a 2016 lawsuit questioning his eligibility for the ...

Marco Rubio once wrote a tightly argued defense of a constitutional right to birthright citizenship that President Donald ...