A few Texas Republicans said the state should deny birth certificates to children of non-citizens following the U.S. Supreme ...

Some Texas Republicans are calling on the state to deny birth certificates to babies when their parents are not citizens of ...

A Texas Senate committee examined whether foreign nationals are using surrogacy arrangements to obtain U.S. citizenship for children born in Texas following the Supreme Court's birthright citizenship ...

Some villagers were nearly 70 before receiving a birth certificate, while others registered their marriages after decades together as local authorities took one-stop public services into a remote ...

Efforts to expand birth registration in Cameroon are gaining ground, but millions of children remain undocumented.

Study urges interoperable, portable identity systems to help displaced families retain legal identity and access services ...

The Supreme Court’s decision in the birthright citizenship case is “a monumentally terrible decision,” says author Peter ...

Football has become one of the world’s most eloquent arguments against the fiction of sealed borders. The modern game is no ...

A Texas lawmaker responds to the Supreme Court ruling on birth tourism and its implications for birthright citizenship.

West Bengal’s verification drive uncovered over 1.6 lakh suspected fake birth certificates, with nearly one in four older documents flagged as non-genuine.

As Trump’s angry demands for voter suppression really start aggravating Republicans, a veteran congressional observer ...

The stories featured in our July Spotlight span countries, regions, and experiences. They explore the systems that create and ...