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.
Trump Is Trying to End Birthright Citizenship — Here’s the History of the Policy
The policy was the result of African Americans pushing for decades to be recognized as full citizens and part of a trio of amendments — the 13th, 14th and 15th — that ended U.S. slavery and established citizenship and voting rights for some people of color.
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 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.”
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 ...
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 ...
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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Can Trump end birthright citizenship? Order faces lawsuit from 18 states
entitled "Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship," which would end birthright citizenship in the ...
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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 ...