Trump signs executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship

22 Democratic States Challenge Trump Executive Order Ending Birthright Citizenship - The Virginia Star

by Eric Lendrum   At least 22 different states, all with Democratic control of their respective governments, have filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship in the United States. ABC News reports that an initial lawsuit was filed on Monday by a coalition of 18 Democratic state attorneys general, alongside the cities of San Francisco and Washington, D.C. A separate lawsuit was filed by four more…

The Case for Ending Birthright Citizenship

President Trump’s second term thrusts the question of birthright citizenship to the forefront of American politics: should the United States automatically grant citizenship to any child who happens to be born on U.S. soil? Neither the Declaration of Independence nor the Constitution requires doing such a thing. Yet defenders of birthright shut down any debate by framing opposition as cruel and racist—and obviously wrong as a legal matter. But th…

W A T C H Elie Mystal on Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order – The Windy City Word

The Nation.com’s Senior Justice Correspondent, Elie Mystal,  joins April Ryan on Make It Plain with Rev. Mark Thompson to discuss his latest piece: A Line-by-Line Breakdown of Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order, [This post contains video, click to play]

Legal challenges to executive order revoking birthright citizenship pile up against Trump administration

‘The President's executive order attempting to rescind birthright citizenship is blatantly unconstitutional and quite frankly, un-American,’ says California attorney general - Anadolu Ajansı

Since its adoption in 1868, the 14th Amendment guarantees that anyone born on U.S. soil automatically obtains citizenship, regardless of the migration status of their parents.This rule, born at a time of reconstruction after the Civil War, sought not only to consolidate a fractured nation, but also to provide a basis for inclusion and rights for all, without distinction.Today, this right faces its greatest challenge. Donald Trump, in his second …

Could Donald Trump take a page out of Australia's citizenship book?

US President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship echoes Australia's 1986 citizenship reforms, which tied citizenship to parental status rather than birthplace.