Museum panel explores the impact of birthright citizenship, challenged by Trump

Supreme Court to Hear Trump Birthright Citizenship Case in May, Keeps Hold On Policy

By Mark Sherman Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday kept in place a nationwide block on former President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship, while agreeing to hear arguments in the case this May.Trump’s executive order, which seeks to end automatic U.S. citizenship for children born to undocumented immigrants, has been halted by three federal district courts. Appeals courts have allowed those blocks…

Museum panel explores the impact of birthright citizenship, challenged by Trump

At a recent panel hosted by the Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles, Asian American immigration experts, activists and community members spoke in defense of birthright citizenship — a constitutional right that guarantees all U.S.-born children are citizens, regardless of their parents’ status. “In our Asian American and Pacific Islander community, at least 70% are born outside the U.S. In our community organizations, we advise people, if they…

Point: A Defense of Birthright Citizenship – DV Journal

For an alternative viewpoint, see “Counterpoint: Conventional Wisdom Behind Birthright Citizenship Is Flat Error” On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order aimed at ending automatic citizenship — known as “birthright citizenship” — for children born in the United States to two non-citizen parents. His argument rests on interpreting the phrase “subject to the jurisdiction thereof,” found in the 14th Amendment, which co…

In defense of birthright citizenship

On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order aimed at ending automatic citizenship — known as “birthright citizenship” — for children born in the United States to two non-citizen parents. His argument rests on interpreting the…