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President Donald Trump has issued an executive order to end birthright citizenship for children born to undocumented immigrants, and Newsweek has mapped the states that may be affected the most. Newsweek contacted the Trump-Vance transition team for comment via email. On Monday, Trump began his second term as president by signing a flurry of executive orders, including one that seeks to limit the constitutional right of birthright citizenship. According to the 14th Amendment, which was adopted in 1868, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and two of its chapters are suing to halt President Trump's attempt to expand "fast-track" deportations without a full hearing. Why it matters: The lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., is the latest of many legal challenges against the Trump administration in its first week after the president signed several executive orders on immigration.

The organization is suing over a DHS rule allowing rapid deportation of illegal immigrants who cannot prove two years of continuous presence in the U.S. Guatemalan migrants deported from the United States walk on the tarmac after landing at the Air Force Base in Guatemala City in the first flight of deportees of the year, on Jan. 3, 2024. Guatemalan migrants deported from the United States walk on the tarmac after landing at the Air Force Base in Guatemala City in the first flight of deportees of the year, on...

President Donald Trump's executive order challenging birthright citizenship will face its first legal test in a Seattle courtroom Thursday. A federal judge will hear a request made by four Democratic-led states to issue a temporary restraining order against the executive order signed by Trump that purports to limit birthright citizenship to people who have at least one parent who is a United States citizen or permanent resident.

There was so much happening on January 20th that a lot of things dropped off the radar or weren't even seen. All the executive orders that Trump signed are under attack. But there were also the 78 executive orders that Biden had made that Trump rescinded. One of those was about voting rights. Executive Order 14019: "Promoting Access to Voting". Trump rescinding it tells you everything you need to know about how Trump and the Republicans want to suppress minority voting. Executive orders always start out with: Then we get...

I speech, Donald Trump promised that in his administration, “we will not forget our constitution.” The promise did not last long. Before the day was over, Mr Trump had signed an executive order that, if implemented, would apparently end birthright citizenship, which is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the constitution. According to the plain text of the amendment, “all persons born or naturalised in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States”. It doesn’t mean what it appears to mean, Mr Trump...

Democratic attorneys general from 18 states have already organized and filed a federal lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s executive order to eradicate birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants and temporary visitors to the country. The lawsuit was filed in Massachusetts on Tuesday, just hours after Trump took executive action late Monday evening to bar the children born to illegal immigrants in the United States from automatically becoming U.S. citizens. Only U.S. citizens and permanent residents may automatically assume U.S.