Donald Trump says 'birthright citizenship was for children of slaves, not for world to pile up in US'
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Donald Trump says 'birthright citizenship was for children of slaves, not for world to pile up in US'

Hindustan Times  

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the birthright citizenship amendment in the US Constitution was intended for the children of slaves and not for the whole world to "come in and pile" into the US, reported PTI. US President Donald Trump said that birthright citizenship was for the children of slaves not the whole world “Birthright citizenship was, if you look back when this was passed and made, that was meant for the children of slaves. While addressing reporters in the Oval Office, Trump also said that he was 100 per cent in favour of birthright citizenship for the children of slaves, calling it a “good and noble thing to do”. However, he added, “It wasn't meant for the entire world to occupy the United States.” Earlier this week, a group of Republican Senators also introduced a bill in the US Senate to restrict birthright citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants and non-immigrants on temporary visas.

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Despite failure, Trump 2.0 continues raging against birthright citizenship, pushes SC to allow restrictions
1 week, 6 days ago

Despite failure, Trump 2.0 continues raging against birthright citizenship, pushes SC to allow restrictions

Firstpost  

The order, which Trump signed shortly after taking office in January, has been blocked by district judges in Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington. It is currently suspended nationwide Birthright citizenship guarantees that anyone born in the United States automatically acquires American citizenship. Reuters/File Photo/Representational Image The Trump administration is urging the US Supreme Court to permit restrictions on birthright citizenship, even …

Trump takes US birthright citizenship to Supreme Court
2 weeks ago

Trump takes US birthright citizenship to Supreme Court

Raw Story  

by Chris Lefkow President Donald Trump took his contentious bid to end birthright citizenship in the United States to the Supreme Court on Thursday. Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, which he signed on his first day in office, was blocked by federal district courts in Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington state. The department's acting solicitor general Sarah Harris …

The Trump administration pushes again to restrict birthright citizenship. What does that mean?
2 weeks ago

The Trump administration pushes again to restrict birthright citizenship. What does that mean?

Associated Press  

The Trump administration is pushing for the the U.S. Supreme Court to allow some restrictions on birthright citizenship even as legal battles continue over President Donald Trump’s orders to end what has long been seen as a constitutional promise. On Thursday, the administration filed emergency applications with the high court that would allow citizenship to be denied to people born …

Will the Supreme Court kill birthright citizenship? It's a question of history vs. loyalty
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Will the Supreme Court kill birthright citizenship? It's a question of history vs. loyalty

Salon  

President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to prop up a January executive order ending birthright citizenship in the United States. The emergency application from the Trump administration asks the high court to “restrict the scope” of nationwide stays on the order’s implementation, citing Justice Clarence Thomas’s 2018 claim that universal injunctions were “legally and historically dubious.” “Universal injunctions …

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow some birthright citizenship restrictions
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow some birthright citizenship restrictions

LA Times  

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to narrow orders entered by district judges in Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington state. The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow restrictions on birthright citizenship to partly take effect while legal fights play out. In emergency applications filed at the high court on Thursday, the administration asked the justices to …

Trump dealt blow as appeals court rules on birthright citizenship
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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Trump dealt blow as appeals court rules on birthright citizenship

Raw Story  

The First Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Trump administration's effort to end birthright citizenship through executive order, Politico legal affairs reporter Kyle Cheney reported. The Trump administration attempted to have an appeals court remove that block, but the First Circuit Court of Appeals denied him on Tuesday. "In challenging the scope of the District Court's preliminary injunction, the Government …

Third Judge Blocks Trump’s Order Ending Birthright Citizenship For Kids Of People In U.S. Illegally
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Third Judge Blocks Trump’s Order Ending Birthright Citizenship For Kids Of People In U.S. Illegally

Huff Post  

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - FEBRUARY 09: U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Super Bowl LIX Pregame at Caesars Superdome on February 09, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Kevin Mazur via Getty Images CONCORD, N.H. — A third federal judge on Monday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of people who are in the U.S. …

What to know about Trump’s birthright citizenship order, in charts and maps
1 month, 3 weeks ago

What to know about Trump’s birthright citizenship order, in charts and maps

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship in the US, a nearly 160-year-old practice guaranteed by the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, which grants citizenship to anyone born on American soil. The Trump administration’s argument for ending birthright citizenship relies on the clause “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” in the Constitution’s statement. The case against Trump’s …

Federal judge blocks Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship
Top News
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Federal judge blocks Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship

Firstpost  

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a second nationwide pause on President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for anyone born in the US to someone in the country illegally, calling citizenship a “most precious right” In this September 16, 2015, photo, a woman in Sullivan City, Texas, who said she entered the country illegally, walks with …

Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Gets Put On Hold By Second Federal Judge
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Gets Put On Hold By Second Federal Judge

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING GREENBELT, Md. — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a second temporary pause on President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for anyone born in the U.S. to someone in the country illegally. Trump’s inauguration week order had already been on temporary hold nationally because of a separate suit brought by four states in …

Trump’s order seeking to end birthright citizenship put on hold by second federal judge
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s order seeking to end birthright citizenship put on hold by second federal judge

LA Times  

President Trump wants to limit which children born in the United States can become citizens. A second federal judge on Wednesday ordered a temporary pause on President Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for anyone born in the U.S. to someone in the country illegally. Politics California, other states sue to block Trump executive order on birthright citizenship …

Trump's DOJ Responds To Pregnant Women Suing To Protect Birthright Citizenship
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump's DOJ Responds To Pregnant Women Suing To Protect Birthright Citizenship

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Trump administration responded on Friday to a lawsuit filed on behalf of five pregnant women who challenged his executive order to end birthright citizenship. The case, filed in Maryland federal court in January, challenges President Donald Trump’s order, “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” that seeks to make it so that children born in …

Birthright citizenship row: Donald Trump explains who deserved benefits, says ‘not for world to pile into US’
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Birthright citizenship row: Donald Trump explains who deserved benefits, says ‘not for world to pile into US’

Live Mint  

Amid the row over an executive order against birthright citizenship, US President Donald Trump said birthright citizenship was primarily intended for the children of slaves and not for the whole world to 'come in and pile' into the US, reported PTI on Friday. Earlier on January 20, on the very first day of his inauguration, US President Trump issued an …

Birthright citizenship was for children of slaves, not for world to 'pile' into U.S.: Trump
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Birthright citizenship was for children of slaves, not for world to 'pile' into U.S.: Trump

The Hindu  

President Donald Trump has said that birthright citizenship was primarily intended for the children of slaves and not for the whole world to "come in and pile" into the U.S. On the very first day of his inauguration, Trump issued an executive order against birthright citizenship, which was struck down by a federal court in Seattle the next day. Early …

More Americans support Trump’s birthright citizenship rollback than oppose it, new poll reveals
1 month, 3 weeks ago

More Americans support Trump’s birthright citizenship rollback than oppose it, new poll reveals

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More Americans are in favor of President Donald Trump’s attempt …

Opinion: Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship is legally sound
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Opinion: Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship is legally sound

LA Times  

Under President Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order, not every baby born in the U.S. would automatically be a U.S. citizen. The Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, reads: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” The …

‘Unconstitutional’: White House spokesperson on birthright citizenship
1 month, 3 weeks ago

‘Unconstitutional’: White House spokesperson on birthright citizenship

Hindustan Times  

Reasserting Donald Trump-led new US government's stand on birthright citizenship, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, in her first-ever briefing, declared the Trump administration believes granting automatic American citizenship to anyone born in the United States is ‘unconstitutional.’ FILE - Karoline Leavitt speaks to the news media across the street from Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump's criminal trial …

To end birthright citizenship, Donald Trump misreads the constitution
2 months ago

To end birthright citizenship, Donald Trump misreads the constitution

Live Mint  

In his inauguration speech Donald Trump promised that, in his administration, “we will not forget our constitution." Before the day was over, Mr Trump had signed an executive order that, if implemented, would apparently end birthright citizenship, which is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the constitution. Under Mr Trump’s order, from next month the federal government will refuse to …

Trump’s birthright citizenship stunt diminishes America’s greatness
2 months ago

Trump’s birthright citizenship stunt diminishes America’s greatness

Live Mint  

On 20 January, as US President Donald Trump attended an inaugural service at Washington National Cathedral, Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde pleaded with him. Trump lacks the power to alter the 14th Amendment, which explicitly states that “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The birthright citizenship …

Weekly News: Trump’s Birthright citizenship order, R-Day celebrations, 26/11 convict Tahawwur Rana’s extradition; more
2 months ago

Weekly News: Trump’s Birthright citizenship order, R-Day celebrations, 26/11 convict Tahawwur Rana’s extradition; more

Live Mint  

In this week's top news, we have Donald Trump's inauguration, India's 76th Republic Day Celebrations, Tahawwur Hussain Rana's extradition, controversy over TikTok, and developments in Saif Ali Khan's case and RG Kar rape and murder case. Birthright citizenship order Hours after taking oath as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump signed a new executive order to block …

Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship would overturn more than a century of precedent
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2 months ago

Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship would overturn more than a century of precedent

Associated Press  

President Donald Trump has said since his first administration that he wants to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right for everyone born in the United States. Arguing that “birth in the United States does not by itself entitle a person to citizenship, the person must also be ‘subject to the jurisdiction’ of the United States.” It raised a case from …

"Boggles my mind": Experts think Trump's "blatantly unconstitutional" order has a chance with SCOTUS
2 months ago

"Boggles my mind": Experts think Trump's "blatantly unconstitutional" order has a chance with SCOTUS

Salon  

President Donald Trump’s executive order attempting to restrict birthright citizenship, and the legal arguments supporting the order, fall flat, according to constitutional lawyers. While there are some special cases in which Native Americans and Native American lands, described as “domestic dependent nations” are treated differently than other jurisdictions, Peck said that the federal government “continues to treat the members of …

Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Defeat Is Even Bigger Than It Looks
55 years, 2 months ago

Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Defeat Is Even Bigger Than It Looks

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour shot down President Donald Trump’s sweeping assault on birthright citizenship, blocking the policy nationwide as an egregious violation of the 14th Amendment. Mark Joseph Stern: I think this will be remembered …

Donald Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship blocked by US judge as Indians rush for pre-term deliveries: What's up?
2 months ago

Donald Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship blocked by US judge as Indians rush for pre-term deliveries: What's up?

Hindustan Times  

For decades and more, being born on United States soil assured citizenship as a birthright. On Monday, January 20, President Donald Trump, a mere few hours after his inauguration, signed off on an executive order restricting birthright citizenship in the United States. Donald Trump's consolidated attempt to do away with birthright citizenship in the United States now stands temporarily blocked …

Why Donald Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship is easier said than done
2 months ago

Why Donald Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship is easier said than done

Firstpost  

US President Donald Trump is trying to end birthright citizenship, the legal principle that automatically makes anyone born within the US or its territories a citizen. On Thursday, a federal judge in Seattle said that Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship was “blatantly unconstitutional” and issued a temporary restraining order to block it. In 1989, the Supreme Court in its …

WSJ editorial board warns DOJ: Don't waste your time on Trump's latest gambit
2 months ago

WSJ editorial board warns DOJ: Don't waste your time on Trump's latest gambit

Raw Story  

The Wall Street Journal's editorial board has a plea to President Donald Trump: take the loss, and give up on your plan to eliminate birthright citizenship. The conservative paper's rebuke, which comes after they also criticized him for pardoning violent insurrectionists and trying to get rich off of cryptocurrency offerings to his supporters, comes after a federal judge in Seattle …

‘Blatantly unconstitutional’: Why US judge blocked Donald Trump's birthright citizenship order | Top points
2 months ago

‘Blatantly unconstitutional’: Why US judge blocked Donald Trump's birthright citizenship order | Top points

Hindustan Times  

Birthright citizenship: In a big relief to thousands of immigrants, a federal judge on Thursday blocked Donald Trump's administration from implementing the president's executive order curtailing the right to automatic birthright citizenship in the United States, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional”. What judge John Coughenour said: "I am having trouble understanding how a member of the bar could state unequivocally that …

Column: A Trump judge dropped his unwavering support for birthright citizenship to conform to Trump’s view
2 months ago

Column: A Trump judge dropped his unwavering support for birthright citizenship to conform to Trump’s view

LA Times  

Over his seven years on the federal bench, James C. Ho has acquired a reputation as one of the most conservative members of a notably conservative court, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. “And this injury is likewise redressable by a court order holding unlawful and setting aside approval of that abortifacient drug.” Ho’s earliest writing on the birthright …

US judge halts Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship, saves rights of thousands of children
2 months ago

US judge halts Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship, saves rights of thousands of children

Firstpost  

‘Stripping children of the priceless treasure of citizenship is a grave injury,” the lawsuit against Trump’s executive order says. ‘It denies them the full membership in US society to which they are entitled.’ A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of the parents’ immigration status. US District …

US judge blocks Donald Trump's birthright citizenship order
Top News
2 months ago

US judge blocks Donald Trump's birthright citizenship order

Hindustan Times  

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order, which aimed to end the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of parents’ immigration status, the Associated Press reported. Trump’s directive instructed US agencies to deny citizenship to children born in the United States if neither parent is a US citizen or a legal permanent resident. The amendment, …

US judge to hear bid to block Trump birthright citizenship order
Top News
2 months ago

US judge to hear bid to block Trump birthright citizenship order

Hindustan Times  

By Dan Catchpole and Nate Raymond US judge to hear bid to block Trump birthright citizenship order SEATTLE - Four Democratic-led states will urge a federal judge in Seattle on Thursday to block President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing his executive order curtailing the right to automatic birthright citizenship in the United States. Trump in his executive order directed U.S. …

Americans back Trump's order to end birthright citizenship as he faces onslaught of legal battles
2 months ago

Americans back Trump's order to end birthright citizenship as he faces onslaught of legal battles

Daily Mail  

Democratic states this week made clear that Donald Trump faces a bitter legal fight if he pushes ahead with plans to end birthright citizenship, but an exclusive poll for DailyMail.com shows that the president has America's backing. After his inauguration on Monday, Trump ordered officials not to recognize the citizenship of children born in the U.S. if neither their mother …

Who qualifies? Breaking down Trump's restriction on birthright citizenship
2 months ago

Who qualifies? Breaking down Trump's restriction on birthright citizenship

Live Mint  

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order aiming to curtail the scope of birthright citizenship, a policy granting citizenship to anyone born on US soil. The executive order stipulates that “Among the categories of individuals born in the United States and not subject to the jurisdiction thereof, the privilege of United States citizenship does not automatically extend to persons …

Unpacking Trump’s birthright citizenship restriction: Who stands to lose?
2 months ago

Unpacking Trump’s birthright citizenship restriction: Who stands to lose?

Live Mint  

US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order aiming to curtail the scope of birthright citizenship, a policy granting citizenship to anyone born on US soil. The executive order stipulates that “Among the categories of individuals born in the United States and not subject to the jurisdiction thereof, the privilege of United States citizenship does not automatically extend to …

A bid to block Trump’s cancellation of birthright citizenship is in federal court
Top News
2 months ago

A bid to block Trump’s cancellation of birthright citizenship is in federal court

Associated Press  

A federal judge in Seattle is set to hear the first arguments Thursday in a multi-state lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of the parents’ immigration status. Ratified in 1868 in the aftermath of the Civil War, the amendment says: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States …

Change to US birthright citizenship affects visa holders
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2 months ago

Change to US birthright citizenship affects visa holders

China Daily  

NEW YORK -- US President Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship declares that babies born to many temporary residents of the United States, not just those in the country illegally, must be denied automatic citizenship, a dramatic rejection of rights that have been part of the US Constitution for more than 150 years. If the courts do not block …

Trump targets birthright citizenship: Here are ways you can still become US citizen to pursue American dream
2 months ago

Trump targets birthright citizenship: Here are ways you can still become US citizen to pursue American dream

India TV News  

As Donald Trump became the President of the United States, he is on a spree of taking decisions that he promised in the run-up to the election. Of the major decisions by Trump is to target several immigration laws, including birthright citizenship. However, Indian-American lawmakers have opposed the executive order by US President Donald Trump on changes in birthright citizenship, …

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship
2 months ago

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship

LA Times  

President Trump on Monday at the White House signs an executive order ending birthright citizenship regardless of the parents’ immigration status. A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” during the first hearing in a multistate effort challenging the order. Coughenour, who was appointed by Republican President Reagan, began the …

"Excluding Indians": Trump admin questions Native Americans' birthright citizenship in court
2 months ago

"Excluding Indians": Trump admin questions Native Americans' birthright citizenship in court

Salon  

In the Trump administration’s arguments defending his order to suspend birthright citizenship, the Justice Department called into question the citizenship of Native Americans born in the United States under the 14th Amendment, citing 19th-century law that excluded Native Americans from birthright citizenship. In a case on Trump's birthright citizenship executive order coming out of Washington, Justice Department attorneys quote the …

US judge blocks Trump’s order restricting birthright citizenship
2 months ago

US judge blocks Trump’s order restricting birthright citizenship

Al Jazeera  

Trump’s order targets a constitutional right automatically granting citizenship to anyone born in the country. A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order curtailing birthright citizenship, a constitutionally enshrined right granting automatic citizenship to anyone born in the United States. As many as five lawsuits have been filed against Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship, encompassing officials from 22 …

States sue over Trump bid to end birthright citizenship
2 months ago

States sue over Trump bid to end birthright citizenship

Raw Story  

A coalition of Democratic-leaning states launched legal actions Tuesday seeking to block Donald Trump's plan to end birthright citizenship in the United States. Chief among them was an order eliminating the automatic granting of citizenship to anyone born on US soil, a right guaranteed by the 14th Amendment of the country's constitution. "The President's executive order attempting to rescind birthright …

US Birthright Citizenship: What Donald Trump’s move means and ‘what does the worst case scenario look like?’
2 months ago

US Birthright Citizenship: What Donald Trump’s move means and ‘what does the worst case scenario look like?’

Live Mint  

US President Donald Trump has got the world talking about harsh measures he announced on the first day after taking office, one of them is the end of US birthright citizenship. Donald Trump's order, signed on Monday night, prohibits US citizenship to children born in the US to mothers who are in the country illegally and even legally on visas. …

U.S. birthright citizenship: Indian-American lawmakers oppose President Donald Trump’s executive order
2 months ago

U.S. birthright citizenship: Indian-American lawmakers oppose President Donald Trump’s executive order

The Hindu  

Indian-American lawmakers have opposed the executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump on changes in birthright citizenship, a move likely to hit not only illegal immigrants from around the world but also students and professionals from India. Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna said changes in birthright citizenship as done through the executive order would impact newborn babies of not only illegal …

Indian-American lawmakers oppose executive order on birthright citizenship
2 months ago

Indian-American lawmakers oppose executive order on birthright citizenship

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington: Indian-American lawmakers have opposed the executive order by US President Donald Trump on changes in birthright citizenship, a move likely to hit not only illegal immigrants from around the world but also students and professionals from India. Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna said changes in birthright citizenship as done through the executive order would impact newborn babies of not only …

Birthright citizenship: Do Americans support Donald Trump's move? What poll revealed
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2 months ago

Birthright citizenship: Do Americans support Donald Trump's move? What poll revealed

Hindustan Times  

More American adults oppose than support President Donald Trump's proposed changes to birthright citizenship, according to a poll conducted by the Associated Press in January. Twenty-eight per cent of US adults strongly supported the end of birthright citizenship, 20 per cent neither favoured nor opposed the policy, while 51 per cent opposed it, the poll found. The divide can also …

US Birthright Citizenship: What is Donald Trump’s order? What happens to children of H1-B visa holders? Explained
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2 months ago

US Birthright Citizenship: What is Donald Trump’s order? What happens to children of H1-B visa holders? Explained

Live Mint  

US Birthright Citizenship: The US President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to end birthright citizenship in the US. The order states that a child born in the U.S. will not be granted American citizenship automatically unless at least one parent is a U.S. citizen or a green card holder. The order signed by Donald Trump on Monday …

Can Trump legally end birthright citizenship? Here’s what to know
2 months ago

Can Trump legally end birthright citizenship? Here’s what to know

Live Mint  

Within hours of returning to the White House, President Trump signed an executive order to end birthright citizenship. Most legal experts say the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees birthright citizenship, the automatic granting of citizenship to children born in the U.S. Trump’s order has already drawn legal challenges, which could eventually be decided by the Supreme Court. “Trump’s …

Indian-American lawmakers oppose Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship
2 months ago

Indian-American lawmakers oppose Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship

New Indian Express  

WASHINGTON: Indian-American lawmakers have opposed the executive order by US President Donald Trump on changes in birthright citizenship, a move likely to hit not only illegal immigrants from around the world but also students and professionals from India. On Monday, in the opening hours of his second term as president, Trump signed an order declaring that future children born to …

"He cannot rewrite the Constitution": 22 states sue Trump over birthright citizenship order
2 months ago

"He cannot rewrite the Constitution": 22 states sue Trump over birthright citizenship order

Salon  

Attorneys general from 22 states and two cities sued President Donald Trump in two district courts Tuesday to challenge an executive order instructing U.S. agencies not to recognize the citizenship of children born to immigrant parents who are not themselves citizens, an effort to unilaterally eliminate the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of birthright citizenship. Eighteen states and two cities, San Francisco …

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