Donald Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship faces a tough legal battle, but could have a major impact if enacted.
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship to babies born on U.S. soil.
Most legal experts say the Constitution grants citizenship to children born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants.
The executive order is meant to limit birthright citizenship to children born to at least one U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident parent.
President Trump's executive order challenging birthright citizenship will face its first legal test in a Seattle courtroom.
UVA legal expert Amanda Frost explains the president’s executive order, the constitutional amendment he seeks to overturn and how it could play out in the courts.
The order has already become the subject of five lawsuits by civil rights groups and Democratic attorneys general from 22 states.
A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing an executive order curtailing the right to automatic ...
A federal judge in Seattle has signed a temporary restraining order blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship. U.S. District Judge John Coughenour on Thursday heard a ...
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown had sued to block the executive order, calling it “unconstitutional, un-American and cruel.” ...