Attorneys general from eighteen states have filed a lawsuit aimed at blocking Donald Trump’s executive order which would prohibit the federal government from recognizing the birthright citizenship (guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution) of U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants.
Attorneys general from 18 states sued to block an executive order by President Trump that seeks to deny citizenship to babies born to unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. The states view Trump’s attempt to limit birthright citizenship as “extraordinary and extreme.” nyti.ms/3E2qr53
[image or embed] — The New York Times (@nytimes.com) January 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
From the New York Times:
Attorneys general from 18 states sued President Trump on Tuesday to block an executive order that refuses to recognize the U.S.-born children of unauthorized immigrants as citizens, the opening salvo in what promises to be a long legal battle over the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
The complaint, filed in Federal District Court in Massachusetts was joined by the cities of San Francisco and Washington, D.C.
The states view Mr. Trump’s attempt to limit birthright citizenship as “extraordinary and extreme,” said New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, who led the legal effort along with the attorneys general from California and Massachusetts. “Presidents are powerful, but he is not a king. He cannot rewrite the Constitution with a stroke of the pen.”
The order would extend even to the children of some mothers in the country legally but temporarily, such as foreign students or tourists.
Trump has wanted to end birthright citizenship and the 14th Amendment since 2018. The states joining the lawsuit are: New Jersey California, Massachusetts, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin. Read the full report here.
Birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution.
The Executive Order is blatantly unconstitutional. The American people oppose the end of birthright citizenship. [image or embed] — Ritchie Torres (@ritchietorres.bsky.social) January 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Birthright citizenship has ALWAYS been the law of this nation, even dating back to before there was a United States. Birthright citizenship PREDATES the 14th Amendment—that was just when it was written into the Constitution to ensure there was no doubt.
Trump CANNOT overturn it by executive order. [image or embed] — Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) January 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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