Trump executive order restricts birthright citizenship; states sue
After the Civil War, the Constitution was amended to consider every baby born in the US an American. Soon that may change.
More than 20 states sue Trump administration over order seeking to overturn birthright citizenship
President Trump invoked presidential powers to begin his long-promised immigration crackdown shortly after taking office on Monday.
Trump to begin second term with assault on the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship
President-elect Donald Trump will begin his second term in office with an effort to eliminate the constitutional right to citizenship, a member of his staff said Monday.
18 states, ACLU file lawsuits against Trump order that seeks to end birthright citizenship
Eighteen states and the ACLU filed lawsuits seeking to prevent President Trump from denying citizenship to children born in the U.S. to non-citizens.
Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship could upend 150 years of law
President Trump’s order curtailing birthright citizenship faces lawsuits over the 14th Amendment. This may be prelude to other efforts to end it.
More Americans support Trump’s birthright citizenship rollback than oppose it, new poll reveals
Controversial executive order issued by Donald Trump at his inauguration aims to end birthright citizenship for children of migrants
President Trump expects to end birthright citizenship with support from Supreme Court
President Trump said birthright citizenship was created for children of former slaves but is no longer appropriate with international migration.
Birthright citizenship row: Donald Trump explains who deserved benefits, says ‘not for world to pile into US’
Earlier on January 20, on the very first day of his inauguration, US President Trump issued an executive order against birthright citizenship. However, it was struck down by a federal court in Seattle the next day.
Bill introduced in US Senate to restrict birthright citizenship
A group of Republican Senators has introduced a bill in the US Senate to restrict birthright citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants and non-immigrants on temporary visas. According to Senators Lindsey Graham,
Birthright citizenship: Why the ‘right of soil’ is so big in the Americas
More than 30 countries grant unrestricted birthright citizenship based on the ‘jus soli’ principle – and nearly all of them ...
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Is birthright citizenship in the Constitution? Can Trump end it? 18 states sue
"The federal government will not recognize automatic birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens born in the United States. We are also going to enhance vetting and screening of ...
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What is US birthright citizenship and can Trump end it?
Their U.S.-born children are considered by the government to have U.S. citizenship. Trump has complained about foreign women visiting the United States for the purpose of giving birth and ...