May 23rd, 20250
By Selen Ozturk
On his first day in office, President Trump signed an executive order redefining who gets to be an American.
On Thursday, May 15, the Supreme Court heard arguments from challengers to Trump’s January 20 Executive Order 14160 — denying U.S. citizenship to babies born to a mother who is either...
February 14th, 20250
By Selen Ozturk
The three weeks since President Trump’s inauguration has brought a regular slurry of executive orders — including one ending birthright citizenship.
The order, issued on the first day of Trump’s presidency, January 20, argued that the policy granting automatic citizenship to babies born on U.S....
January 26th, 20250
SEATTLE — On Thursday, a federal judge blocked Donald Trump's administration from implementing the Republican president's executive order curtailing the right to automatic birthright citizenship in the United States, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional."
Seattle-based U.S. District Judge John...
August 26th, 20190WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump said on Wednesday that his administration was seriously looking at ending the right of citizenship for U.S.-born children of noncitizens and people who immigrated to the United States illegally.
“We’re looking at that very seriously, birthright citizenship, where you have a baby on our land,...
November 4th, 20180WASHINGTON — With congressional elections a week away, President Trump said on Tuesday that he'll seek to scrap the right of citizenship for U.S.-born children of non-citizens and illegal immigrants as he tries again to dramatically reshape immigration policies.
Reviving his support for a legally questionable theory, Trump told...