Resistance movement kickstarted over Trump’s birthright citizenship order
A resistance coalition is meeting the Trump White House head-on over his executive order to end birthright citizenship.
States, civil rights groups sue to stop Trump’s birthright citizenship order
Legal experts said the president’s executive order would upend precedent and is unlikely to pass constitutional muster.
Civil rights, immigrant advocates sue over Trump birthright citizenship order
Immigrant and civil rights advocates, including the American Civil Liberties Union, filed a lawsuit against a birthright citizenship executive order signed by Republican U.S. President Donald Trump after taking office on Monday.
Civil rights groups challenge Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship
The Trump administration is moving to end birthright citizenship, which is guaranteed under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Civil rights groups immediately challenged the president in federal court.
California among the states suing Trump's executive order targeting birthright citizenship
The executive order restricts automatic citizenship for babies born to parents who aren't citizens or lawful, permanent residents.
Trump signs order to end birthright citizenship. Legal experts say it won’t work.
Legal experts said the president’s executive order would upend precedent and is unlikely to pass constitutional muster
What Is Birthright Citizenship, and Can Trump Take it Away?
President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship is prompting lawsuits alleging he lacks the legal ground to end the right enshrined in the Constitution.
Judge to consider challenge to Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship
President Trump's executive order challenging birthright citizenship will face its first legal test in a Seattle courtroom Thursday.
States sue to stop Trump's order blocking birthright citizenship
Attorneys general from 18 states sued to block President Donald Trump’s move to end a decades-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children are citizens r
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ACLU sues over Trump’s push to broaden expedited deportations
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New Hampshire couple from Indonesia on front lines of fight over birthright citizenship
President Trump’s executive order could create a “multigenerational subclass of people born in the US but who are denied full ...
Oklahoma bill seeks to reform Failure to Protect Law, aiding domestic abuse victims
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