The president attempted for the first time since the Civil War to rewrite the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution in a way that said babies born on U.S. soil were not in fact entitled to the rights and privileges of United States citizenship.
The district court correctly concluded that the Executive Order's proposed interpretation, denying citizenship to many persons born in the United States, is unconstitutional. We fully agree.
Judge LaPlante's class action ruling encompasses over 150,000 infants annually facing the critical question of birthright citizenship, emphasizing rights protection against Trump's policy.
The Trump administration pressed five African presidents to take in migrants from other countries when they are deported by the US, according to two officials.
The Executive Order threatens these newborns' identity as United States citizens and interferes with their enjoyment of the full privileges, rights, and benefits that come with U.S. citizenship.
You can't require some states to issue birth certificates to birthright citizens and prohibit other states from doing so. The idea that a baby may or may not be a citizen depending on where she or he is born is cruel and nonsensical.
