Birthright Citizenship, Trump

Ending Birthright Citizenship Heating Up to Be One of Biggest Legal Battles of Trump’s Administration
The Trump administration’s attempt to end birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens has triggered lawsuits from 22 state attorneys general.
Republican state AGs back Trump birthright citizenship order in court filing: 'Taxpayers are on the hook'
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is leading 17 states in an amicus brief supporting the Trump administration's executive order denying birthright citizenship to children of illegal immigrants.
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.
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.”
JD Vance defends Trump on birthright citizenship, says the U.S. should "look out for the interests of our citizens first"
Vice President JD Vance said the U.S. doesn't have to have "the dumbest immigration policy in the world" simply because the nation was founded by immigrants.
Senate Republicans introduce bill to reform birthright citizenship, following Trump’s controversial order
Following Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants, several Republicans introduced a bill that would reform U.S. law to accomplish exactly that.
House 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.
Is Ron Johnson right that U.S. is one of 'very few' nations with birthright citizenship?
As one of his first acts in office, Trump signed an executive order aiming to end automatic citizenship for children born in ...
Utah A.G. Derek Brown joins brief supporting Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship
Utah Attorney General Derek Brown has endorsed President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship for ...
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Wis. Sen. Johnson says US is one of 'very few' nations with birthright citizenship
About three dozen countries offer citizenship to people born in the country without restrictions, as the U.S. does.   That’s about 18 percent of the total countries in the world, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson ...
Birthright citizenship: Why the ‘right of soil’ is so big in the Americas
More than 30 countries grant unrestricted birthright citizenship based on the ‘jus soli’ principle – and nearly all of them ...
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The twin histories of birthright citizenship and slavery
At first glance, birthright citizenship and slavery may seem like separate issues, but their histories are deeply intertwined ...
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Trump’s citizenship decree signals his willingness to flout the Constitution
Trump’s citizenship order is best understood as a symbolic stand against the “invasion” he perceives when people enter this country in pursuit of better lives.
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US judge to hear states' bid to block Trump birthright citizenship order
Democratic state attorneys general say that understanding of the citizenship clause was cemented 127 years ago when the U.S. Supreme Court held that children born in the United States to ...