Supreme Court, birthright citizenship and Trump
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a coalition of 24 states in support of President Trump’s birthright citizenship policy.
President Trump is asking the Supreme Court for a definitive ruling on his reinterpretation of more than a century of legal precedent around birthright citizenship.
BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court in Boston ruled on Friday that the Trump administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily, adding to the mounting legal setbacks for the president’s birthright order.
Two dozen Republican-led states urged the Supreme Court to side with President Donald Trump in his argument that birthright citizenship should be curtailed.
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Louisiana AG supports Trump’s order on birthright citizenship
Louisiana joined a coalition with over 20 other states in support of President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship policy.
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Iowa and Nebraska ask Supreme Court to review President Trump's birthright citizenship policy
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is co-leading a coalition in support of President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship.
Oklahoma AG Gentner Drummond supports Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship, awaiting a decisive Supreme Court ruling on its constitutionality.
Birthright citizenship, guaranteed by the 14th Amendment’s jus soli principle, grants U.S. citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil, regardless of parents’ legal status. Recently, it has come under scrutiny following an Executive Order seeking to limit citizenship for children of noncitizens,
Iowa has joined a coalition of 24 states in support of President Trump's birthright citizenship policy.President Trump signed an executive order to end birthri