Birthright citizenship
“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” The question I expected came exactly 14 minutes and 20 seconds into oral argument: “Is your client a person?”
House Republicans enter birthright citizenship fight
The Republican lawmakers argued that the order, which Trump issued on his first day in office, correctly interpreted the citizenship clause of the Constitution, which states that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.”
Opinion
There’s a Reason Trump Is Going After Birthright Citizenship
On his first day back in office, President Trump signed an executive order to end unconditional birthright citizenship. Lawsuits immediately began pouring in, and a federal judge blocked the order for now.
Opinion
Trump’s birthright citizenship order is ‘blatantly constitutional’
President Trump signed an executive order that denied “birthright citizenship” to individuals born in the United States to alien parents whose U.S. presence is illegal or temporary.
The conservative case for birthright citizenship
Ending birthright citizenship would not solve our nation's immigration crisis, and it would only make the problem worse.
A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship
A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of the parents’ immigration status.
What to know about the ruling blocking Trump’s order on birthright citizenship
President Donald Trump’s executive order denying U.S. citizenship to the children of parents living in the country illegally has faced the first of what will be many legal tests.
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order
A Seattle judge issued a 14-day restraining order in response to a lawsuit from states calling President Donald Trump’s effort unconstitutional.
Trump's order seeking to block birthright citizenship to face next legal hurdle
President Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship will face its next legal hurdle this week when three separate judges hold hearings on the issue.
18 Republicans cite 1600s case law to defend Trump birthright citizenship order
A group of House Republicans filed a brief Monday using case law from the 1600s to defend President Trump's efforts to end birthright citizenship. The big picture: The GOP lawmakers cited an English case from 150 years before the U.
Executive order to limit birthright citizenship could have broad impact, WSU professor says
Lawyers for the State of Washington and the Federal government will be back in a Seattle courtroom this week as the Trump administration seeks to redefine who automatically qualifies for American ...
President Trump expects to end birthright citizenship with support from Supreme Court
President Trump said birthright citizenship was created for children of former slaves but is no longer appropriate with ...
What ending birthright citizenship could look like in the U.S.
Legal experts say the undocumented population would grow and that all Americans would be impacted if Trump’s order ending ...