The year began with many people becoming U.S. citizens, but by December, fewer people were doing so, driven by ramped-up scrutiny of applications and eroding trust in the system.

According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, there are 10 steps to become a U.S. citizen. Naturalization is the process of becoming a U.S. citizen The naturalization process can take ...

A new study further undermines revisionist claims about birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment, noting a dog that did not bark. One of President Trump's first actions in his second term ...

Roselyn Johnson was in tears. Twenty years ago, when she migrated with her mother to the U.S., the Liberian immigrant didn’t understand what she would feel on this day. Now, minutes after becoming an ...

Purvi Vaghela from India is sworn in as a United States citizen along with 28 other people Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, during a naturalization ceremony inside the courtroom at the Colorado Springs ...

In the 1990s, Democrats were split in their support for birthright citizenship, and even proposed legislation to end it.