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.

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

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

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.

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*.

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

Trump has threatened to strip some Americans’ citizenship, which many countries allow in the name of security but critics say can lead to weaponization.

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