Lawsuits challenging President Trump's executive order concerning birthright citizenship have been filed in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Immigrant advocacy groups in New England said the president's executive order runs contrary to American values of freedom, fairness and opportunityPresident Donald Trump's day one executive order attempting to redefine birthright citizenship drew immediate legal challenges from local leaders and immigrants' rights groups in New England.The order aims to set new national policy by stating that U.S. government agencies shall not issue to people documents recognizing U.S.
The Jan. 20 order is designed to apply only to relevant individuals born in the U.S. after 30 days from the date of the order.and in opposition to Trump's new policies. Lawsuits challenging the order have already been filed, including in the federal courts in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.Brazilian Worker Center
With Donald Trump back as president, federal immigration policy is quickly changing. In Boston, there was a protest on Inauguration Day, as well as talk of action from advocates, immigration lawyers and state leaders, including Gov. Maura Healey. Follow NBC10 Boston: https://instagram.com/nbc10boston https://tiktok.com/@nbc10boston https://facebook.com/NBC10Boston https://twitter.com/NBC10Boston https://bsky.app/profile/nbcboston.
Mehlma, the organization's media director, uses the example of how children born in the U.S. to foreign diplomats aren't U.S. citizens and argues that could extend to undocumented immigrants based on the language of the constitution. "President Trump does not have the authority to take away constitutional rights, and we will fight against his effort to overturn our Constitution and punish innocent babies born in Massachusetts," Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell said in a media release.
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