Wong Kim Ark’s victory in the Supreme Court in 1898 affirmed the constitutional guarantee of automatic citizenship for nearly all children born in the United States.Credit...National Archives ...

CONCORD, N.H. — A third federal judge on Monday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of people who are in the U.S. illegally.

The ruling from U.S. District Judge Joseph N. Laplante in New Hampshire comes after two similar rulings by judges in Seattle and Maryland last week. Laplante, who was nominated by Republican ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has appealed a federal judge’s order indefinitely blocking President Trump’s executive order that would restrict birthright citizenship. In a short notice ...

UPDATE (Feb. 10, 2025, 10:22 a.m. ET): On Monday, a third federal judge ruled against Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order. U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante, a George W.

CONCORD, N.H. — A third federal judge on Monday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of people who are in the U.S. illegally.

NEW YORK: United States President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict birthright citizenship is a “big mistake” that defies American law, said immigrant rights advocates and legal experts.

"If the government wants to change the exceptional American grant of birthright citizenship, it needs to amend the Constitution itself," he stressed. The new nationwide preliminary injunction ...

The US gives automatic citizenship to anyone born in the country, but this principle is not the norm globally President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship in the US has ...

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