President Trump issued an executive order that aims to overturn the long-standing principle of birthright citizenship, stating that children born in the US to parents without legal status should not automatically be granted US citizenship. The order has sparked immediate legal challenges, with numerous states and immigrant rights groups arguing that it violates the 14th Amendment.
President Donald Trump signs executive order s in the Oval Office of the White House on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.onald Trump is trying to redefine who is allowed to be a U.S. citizen. On the first day of his presidency, Trump signed anchallenging a long-standing constitutional right that people born inside the U.S. are guaranteed citizenship. The right has been considered settled law since it was ratified as part of the Constitution more than 150 years ago.
Within hours, Trump’s action was challenged in court as unconstitutional. A coalition of immigrant rights groups—expecting Trump to quickly sign such an order—filed a lawsuit on Monday night asking a federal court in New Hampshire to declare the order unlawful and stop the federal government from implementing it.
About 150,000 children are born each year in the U.S. to two parents who don’t have legal status, according to the lawsuit filed by 18 states. “They will all be deportable, and many will be stateless,” says the lawsuit. “And despite the Constitution’s guarantee of their citizenship, they will lose their rights to participate in the economic and civic life of their own country—to work, vote, serve on juries, and run for certain offices.
Trump’s order does not directly affect the granting of birth certificates, which are usually administered by states.Trump gave federal agencies 30 days—until Feb. 19—to draft instructions for how to deny citizenship to the categories of people he laid out. The order would only apply to people born on or after that date. If courts intervene, the order’s implementation could be delayed or blocked entirely.
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