BY KATIE AIZON
Journal Staff
Several days after President Donald Trump signed executive order “Continuing to Protect the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” civil rights organizations are looking to defend birthright citizenship for a second time.
The American Civil Liberties Union, Legal Defense Fund, Asian Law Caucus, and Democracy Defenders Fund successfully overturned Trump’s previous order “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” in Trump v. Barbara.
In a 6-3 vote, Supreme Court justices concluded nearly all children born in the United States are guaranteed citizenship apart from exceptions affirmed in United States v. Wong Kim Ark. The narrow exceptions exclude children of foreign sovereigns or ministers, children born on foreign public ships, children of enemies within and during hostile occupation of a part of the U.S., and some members of Native American tribal groups from claiming citizenship.
The challengers filed a motion in New Hampshire on Aug. 11 to “clarify the preliminary injunction, or in the alternative, to modify, or to issue new preliminary injunction,” emphasizing the new order violates the Supreme Court’s previous ruling on birthright citizenship. “President Trump’s continued resistance to that principle calls for this Court’s renewed intervention,” the challengers wrote.
Trump’s recent executive order limits birthright citizenship by denying citizenship to children of parents who are part of foreign terrorist groups, children of foreign government employees, children of parents’ attempting to purchase or gain citizenship fraudulently, and children born in U.S territories or territorial waters where citizenship is not conferred by Federal statute.
A bill introduced by Virginia Rep. Morgan Griffith, the “End Birthright Citizenship for Territories Act,” also attempts to limit birthright citizenship by prohibiting citizenship to children born to non-U.S. citizens in territories on or after Jan. 1, 2027. mbj
Journal Staff
Several days after President Donald Trump signed executive order “Continuing to Protect the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” civil rights organizations are looking to defend birthright citizenship for a second time.
The American Civil Liberties Union, Legal Defense Fund, Asian Law Caucus, and Democracy Defenders Fund successfully overturned Trump’s previous order “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” in Trump v. Barbara.
In a 6-3 vote, Supreme Court justices concluded nearly all children born in the United States are guaranteed citizenship apart from exceptions affirmed in United States v. Wong Kim Ark. The narrow exceptions exclude children of foreign sovereigns or ministers, children born on foreign public ships, children of enemies within and during hostile occupation of a part of the U.S., and some members of Native American tribal groups from claiming citizenship.
The challengers filed a motion in New Hampshire on Aug. 11 to “clarify the preliminary injunction, or in the alternative, to modify, or to issue new preliminary injunction,” emphasizing the new order violates the Supreme Court’s previous ruling on birthright citizenship. “President Trump’s continued resistance to that principle calls for this Court’s renewed intervention,” the challengers wrote.
Trump’s recent executive order limits birthright citizenship by denying citizenship to children of parents who are part of foreign terrorist groups, children of foreign government employees, children of parents’ attempting to purchase or gain citizenship fraudulently, and children born in U.S territories or territorial waters where citizenship is not conferred by Federal statute.
A bill introduced by Virginia Rep. Morgan Griffith, the “End Birthright Citizenship for Territories Act,” also attempts to limit birthright citizenship by prohibiting citizenship to children born to non-U.S. citizens in territories on or after Jan. 1, 2027. mbj
