Opinion
Don’t Assume Trump Is Wrong About Birthright Citizenship
It is widely agreed that “subject to the jurisdiction” excluded the children of diplomats, Native Americans subject and with allegiance to tribal authority (this changed with the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924) and members of invading armies. The common-law principle of jus soli also excluded these groups. The crucial question is, why?
What Does Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Mean for Immigrants?
The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868, after the Civil War, with the intention of granting full citizenship rights to freed African American slaves; its birthright citizenship clause has since been interpreted to include all U.S.-born children, regardless of parental immigration status.
Can Trump End Birthright Citizenship? What To Know After Judge Blocks Executive Order
A federal judge Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order outlawing birthright citizenship —the policy automatically giving citizenship to anyone born in the U.S.—and declared it “blatantly unconstitutional,” as legal experts widely believe the president does not have the power to change the policy on his own.
Here’s what to know about Trump’s proposal to add new restrictions in the U.S.—and how that compares to other countries.
Johnson previously said at a Senate hearing that the U.S. is in the "minority" of countries that grant birthright citizenship ...
Those seeking to undo Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship are looking at past legal cases ...
Following Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants, several Republicans ...
It’s part of who we are. The White House executive order theoretically ending birthright citizenship grandly proclaims its purpose as “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship.” As ...
We don’t know yet how far Trump will go.
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