citizenship

To retcon Wong Kim Ark’s parents as the equivalent of current day green card holders is both legally and historically mistaken.

To retcon Wong Kim Ark’s parents as the equivalent of current day green card holders is both legally and historically mistaken.

A long line of authority holds that persons or things within a country’s territorial borders are subject to its jurisdiction.

"In their apparent effort to give credence to the Trump Executive Order, Professors Barnett and Wurman indefensibly ignore these core, constitutive principles."

An essay on the lessons for the Trump administration of territorial acquisition from the McKinley era and the dangers it would pose today.

Updated to account for reply briefs and Feb. 5 judicial opinion issuing a nationwide preliminary injunction

Trump's recent executive actions appear to assert an authority to override or ignore federal legislation whenever it interferes with his policy aims.

"If the new administration goes through with this proposal whether by executive action or legislation, courts should and most likely would strike it down."

Ukraine must balance its security interests while ensuring respect for international obligation in responding to Russia's "passportization."

Were Trump an immigrant and subject to the same scrutiny as those he now maligns, he would be at high risk of being either refused entry, denied a green card, or rejected for citizenship.…

Over 100 days into his administration, President Joe Biden has yet to act on a Trump administration policy denying thousands of immigrants serving in the U.S. military the path…

A full reckoning with ISIS' exploitation requires overcoming politics to understand when someone might be at once a victim and a perpetrator.