US Citizenship: Appeal court declares Trump’s Executive Order unconstitutional
A federal appeal court has ruled that Donald Trump’s plan to stop giving citizenship to some babies born in the U.S. is not allowed under the Constitution. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco agreed with a previous ruling that stopped Trump’s executive order from being used across the U.S. Trump’s order was […]
Appeal court declines Trump’s request to reinstate birthright citizenship order
A federal appeals court has refused to allow the Trump administration to reinstate an order restricting birthright citizenship in the U.S. The Justice Department had asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to limit a lower court’s decision that blocked Trump’s executive order nationwide. They wanted the ruling to apply only to the people […]
18 US states drag Trump to court over order seeking to end birthright citizenship
A coalition of 18 Democratic states has taken President Donald Trump to court over his executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship. The states’ Attorneys-General filed the lawsuits on Tuesday, challenging the order as unconstitutional. The 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868 after the Civil War, ensures that anyone born or naturalized in the US […]
US President Trump signs executive order to end birthright citizenship
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship in the United States. Birthright citizenship gives citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil, as guaranteed by the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. The new order directs federal agencies to deny citizenship to children born in the U.S. if at least […]