US EditionPush to End Birthright Citizenship Raises Legal and Social Alarms
UNITED STATES, JUL 15 – A federal judge used a class-action lawsuit to block Trump's order ending birthright citizenship, protecting over 150,000 newborns annually from losing automatic U.S. citizenship.
- Senator Tom Cotton is introducing the Constitutional Citizenship Clarification Act to end birthright citizenship for U.S.-born children of illegal aliens.
- U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante blocked President Donald Trump's executive order that aimed to end birthright citizenship for some newborns, stating that it could harm children.
- The Center for Immigration Studies estimated that in 2023 about 225,000 to 250,000 anchor babies were born to illegal aliens, making up seven percent of all U.S. births that year.
- The Trump administration criticized the ruling, with White House spokesperson Harrison Fields calling it 'an obvious and unlawful attempt to circumvent the Supreme Court’s clear order.
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Arkansas Sen. Cotton Moves To End Birthright Citizenship For Children Of Illegal Immigrants
Cotton Bill Targets Birthright Citizenship Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) on Tuesday introduced the “Constitutional Citizenship Clarification Act,” a piece of legislation aimed at redefining birthright citizenship by excluding children born in the U.S. to illegal immigrants, foreign spies, and terrorists. The bill, co-sponsored by Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), and Bernie Moreno (R-OH), […] Arkansas Sen. Cotton Moves To End …
Two-thirds of the Justice Department's staff has voluntarily left the department's legal defense division, according to department personnel lists. The lawyers are now defending actions by the Trump administration, such as restricting the right of people born in the United States to American citizenship and ending funding for Harvard University.
Senator Puts Forward Bill to Halt Birthright Citizenship for ‘Anchor Babies.’
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: Senator Tom Cotton has introduced legislation to end birthright citizenship for the U.S.-born children of illegal aliens.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Senator Tom Cotton, President Donald J. Trump, Judge Joseph Laplante, and legal scholars.WHEN & WHERE: The legislation was introduced on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in the United States Senate.KEY QUOTE: “There is no constitutional right for illegal aliens to cross the border to gain ci…
Understanding the Legal Fight Over Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
President Donald Trump is fighting to end automatic citizenship for children born to parents who are in the country unlawfully or on temporary visas, part of his broader crackdown on undocumented immigrants and a change that could overturn more than a century of legal precedent.
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