US EditionDemocratic states sue over Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship
- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is suing over President Trump's executive order to ban birthright citizenship, which affects children born to undocumented migrants.
- Eighteen states and two cities have joined the lawsuit to block the order, claiming it undermines the 14th Amendment.
- Trump's order questions the automatic citizenship granted by the 14th Amendment and takes effect 30 days after signing.
- Attorney General Matt Platkin stated that the president cannot erase the 14th Amendment with an executive order, emphasizing the importance of citizenship rights.
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'Where did he get this idea?' MAGA think tank behind 'reckless and ruthless' Trump policy
On Monday night, January 20 — his first night back in the White House — President Donald Trump signed an executive order designed to end birthright citizenship. And a long list of lawsuits quickly followed, including one from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and attorneys general in 22 different states.The ACLU and others are arguing that Trump's executive order is blatantly unconstitutional, as birthright citizenship is protected by th…
Trump faces legal headwinds over challenge to birthright citizenship
Pushback against President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration orders gathered steam Thursday with a court set to hear the first of a set of lawsuits filed by a coalition of at least 22 US states to block his bid to end birthright citizenship. Many legal experts see the crackdown on immigrants as unconstitutional and predict a potentially protracted legal dispute.
How Oregon is responding to Trump’s crackdown on immigration
President Donald Trump has wasted no time in enacting his immigration policy. On his first day in office, he issued an executive order that aims to end birthright citizenship, the constitutional provision that automatically grants citizenship to children born in the U.S., regardless of their parent’s status. Attorneys general across the country, including in Oregon, have already sued to block the order. The administration will also allow immigra…
NC, 21 other states sue to stop Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship
The proposed ban on birthright citizenship — which grants anyone born on U.S. soil automatic citizen status — claims that children born to undocumented immigrants are not “subject to the jurisdiction” of the U.S. and thus do not qualify for such rights under the 14th Amendment.
Birthright citizenship under threat in US
One of Donald Trump's first acts as the 47th president of the United States was to signal an end to "birthright citizenship".As part of a "sweeping crackdown" on both undocumented and legal immigrants, Trump signed an executive order to end the right to citizenship for some children born in the US, said The Guardian, but implementing his plan will not be straightforward. What is birthright citizenship? Birthright citizenship, also known by the l…
Four states led by Democrats will ask a federal judge in Seattle to block the implementation of US President Donald Trump's executive order, which limits the right to automatically obtain citizenship by birth in the United States
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