24 Democratic states and cities sue over Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship
Two dozen Democratic-led states and cities are challenging President Donald Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship in court, a major constitutional challenge to one of the White House’s signature policies.
States, civil rights groups sue to stop Trump’s birthright citizenship order
Legal experts said the president’s executive order would upend precedent and is unlikely to pass constitutional muster.
Is birthright citizenship in the Constitution? Can Trump end it? 18 states sue
With one signature, President Donald Trump ended birthright citizenship where children born here were U.S. citizens even if their parents weren't.
California among the states suing Trump's executive order targeting birthright citizenship
The executive order restricts automatic citizenship for babies born to parents who aren't citizens or lawful, permanent residents.
To end birthright citizenship, Trump misreads the constitution
America started doing so at the end of the Civil War. The constitution was amended then to overturn the Dred Scott decision of 1857, which held that black people were not Americans. The 14th Amendment ensured that freed slaves and their children would henceforth be citizens.
What Is Birthright Citizenship, and Can Trump Take it Away?
President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship is prompting lawsuits alleging he lacks the legal ground to end the right enshrined in the Constitution.
States sue to stop Trump's order blocking birthright citizenship
Attorneys general from 18 states sued to block President Donald Trump’s move to end a decades-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children are citizens r
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Twenty-two states and several associations take Trump's immigration decrees to court
They believe it is unconstitutional to try to deprive US-born individuals of rights even if their parents are undocumented.
Republicans in Congress ran on the border and immigration. How will they use their power?
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John Thune details how Trump and Congress will get US ‘back on track’ after Biden
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How Trump is Pushing at the Limits of Presidential Power in His Early Orders
In a flurry of unilateral executive actions, Mr. Trump revived disputed claims of broad presidential authority from his first ...