Class Action Threat to Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order
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Trump’s executive order, signed in January, seeks to deny citizenship to children who are born to people who are living in the U.S. illegally or temporarily. It is part of the hard-line immigration agenda of the president, who has called birthright citizenship a “magnet for illegal immigration.”
Birthright citizenship remains in effect despite recent court decisions and President Donald Trump's executive order
A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Tuesday reintroduced a comprehensive bill to reform the immigration system.
Let's begin with the constitutional text, here from section 1 of the 14th Amendment: All persons born or naturalized
The national debate over immigration has reached a flashpoint, with emotions high and often misconceptions about the process of becoming a legal citizen.
The Supreme Court's ruling on universal injunctions brings Trump closer to changing how citizenship is granted to babies born to noncitizens in the U.S.
Matt Kuenning, who teaches at Illinois State University and practices law in Champaign, says a New Hampshire judge's ruling to certify a class-action lawsuit will reduce the harm caused by the Trump administration's executive order.
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If U.S. citizenship for Puerto Ricans is no longer secure, then neither is the colonial arrangement that produced it.