All but two countries in the Americas grant automatic birthright citizenship to people born within their borders, but that isn't the norm everywhere.

Federal courts have so far uniformly blocked President Donald Trump’s order seeking to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to someone in the country illegally.

A Guatemalan woman who gave birth in Arizona shortly after crossing the border puts a human face on the topic of automatic citizenship for her baby.

Norman Wong, whose great-grandfather brought the landmark case that enshrined birthright citizenship, says the new fight over the issue is "for the soul of our country."

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