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Boston judge to consider bid to block Trump's birthright citizenship order

A federal judge in Boston said on Friday he would take under advisement a request from 18 state attorneys general to block President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally. U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin was the third federal judge this week to hear arguments in lawsuits seeking to block the order. It was unclear when Sorokin, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, would issue a decision on the request but it was not expected to come Friday. The state attorneys general, along with the cities of San Francisco and Washington, asked Sorokin to issue a preliminary injunction. Millions of Americans who were born to immigrant parents and hundreds of millions can trace their citizenship back to immigrant ancestors ancestors who built our country and fueled our economy under the protections of the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell, ...

Boston judge to consider bid to block Trump's birthright citizenship order
Updated On : 08 Feb 2025 | 8:00 AM IST

US judge says Trump ignored rule of law to curb birthright citizenship

There was applause in the courtroom after US District Judge John Coughenour extended an order he had issued two weeks ago temporarily blocking Trump's order from being implemented

US judge says Trump ignored rule of law to curb birthright citizenship
Updated On : 07 Feb 2025 | 9:57 AM IST

'Stop attack on democracy': Protesters rally against Trump, Musk across US

US protests: Protests erupted across the US as demonstrators voiced opposition to President Trump's policies, Elon Musk's influence, and Project 2025

'Stop attack on democracy': Protesters rally against Trump, Musk across US
Updated On : 06 Feb 2025 | 2:16 PM IST

Will remain status-quo: Judge blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order

Boardman, an appointee of Trump's Democratic predecessor Joe Biden, issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking Trump's order from going into effect as planned on Feb. 19

Will remain status-quo: Judge blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order
Updated On : 05 Feb 2025 | 11:45 PM IST

Birthright citizenship was for slaves' children, not global migrants: Trump

President Donald Trump has said that birthright citizenship was primarily intended for the children of slaves and not for the whole world to "come in and pile" into the US. On the very first day of his inauguration, Trump issued an executive order against birthright citizenship, which was struck down by a federal court in Seattle the next day. Trump has said that he would appeal against it. On Thursday, he exuded confidence that the Supreme Court would rule in his favour. Birthright citizenship was, if you look back when this was passed and made, that was meant for the children of slaves. This was not meant for the whole world to come in and pile into the United States of America, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office of the White House. Everybody coming in, and totally unqualified people with perhaps unqualified children. This wasn't meant for that," he said. Asserting that it was meant for the children of slaves," he said it was a "very good and noble" thing to do. "I'm in fa

Birthright citizenship was for slaves' children, not global migrants: Trump
Updated On : 31 Jan 2025 | 8:53 AM IST

US Senate bill seeks to limit birthright citizenship for some immigrants

A group of Republican Senators has introduced a bill in the US Senate to restrict birthright citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants and non-immigrants on temporary visas. According to Senators Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz and Katie Britt, who introduced the bill, the exploitation of birthright citizenship is a major pull factor for illegal immigration and a weakness for national security. The US is one of only 33 countries in the world with no restrictions on birthright citizenship, they said. The legislative move comes after an executive order on the matter, signed by President Donald Trump on the first day of his presidency, has been blocked by a federal judge in Washington state. The Center for Immigration Studies estimates that in 2023, there were 2,25,000 to 2,50,000 births to illegal immigrants, amounting to close to seven per cent of births in the US. It is long overdue for the United States to change its policy on birthright citizenship because it is being abused in

US Senate bill seeks to limit birthright citizenship for some immigrants
Updated On : 30 Jan 2025 | 11:02 AM IST

Bid to block Trump's cancellation of birthright citizenship in court

A federal judge in Seattle is set to hear the first arguments on Thursday in a multi-state lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump's executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of the parents' immigration status. US District Judge John Coughenour scheduled the session to consider the request from Arizona, Illinois, Oregon and Washington. The case is one of five lawsuits being brought by 22 states and a number of immigrants rights groups across the country. The suits include personal testimonies from attorneys general who are US citizens by birthright, and names pregnant women who are afraid their children won't become US citizens. The order, signed by Trump on Inauguration Day, is slated to take effect on February 19. It could impact hundreds of thousands of people born in the country, according to one of the lawsuits. In 2022, there were about 255,000 births of citizen children to mothers living in the country illegally and about

Bid to block Trump's cancellation of birthright citizenship in court
Updated On : 23 Jan 2025 | 1:53 PM IST

US C-section requests surge as birthright citizenship deadline looms

In response to Donald Trump's birthright citizenship policy change, many immigrant families in the US, especially Indians, are rushing for preterm C-sections to secure citizenship for their children

US C-section requests surge as birthright citizenship deadline looms
Updated On : 23 Jan 2025 | 12:15 PM IST

Indian-American lawmakers oppose executive order on birthright citizenship

Indian-American lawmakers have opposed the executive order by US President Donald Trump on changes in birthright citizenship, a move likely to hit not only illegal immigrants from around the world but also students and professionals from India. On Monday, in the opening hours of his second term as president, Trump signed an order declaring that future children born to undocumented immigrants would no longer be treated as citizens. The order would extend even to the children of some mothers in the country legally but temporarily, such as foreign students or tourists. Trump's executive order asserts that the children of such noncitizens are not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, and thus are not covered by the 14th Amendment's longstanding constitutional guarantee. Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna said changes in birthright citizenship as done through the executive order would impact newborn babies of not only illegal and undocumented immigrants but also those ...

Indian-American lawmakers oppose executive order on birthright citizenship
Updated On : 22 Jan 2025 | 10:54 AM IST

22 states sue to stop Trump's order blocking birthright citizenship

Attorneys general from 22 states on Tuesday sued to block President Donald Trump's move to end a century-old immigration practice known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that US-born children are citizens regardless of their parents' status. Trump's roughly 700-word executive order, issued late Monday, amounts to a fulfilment of something he's talked about during the presidential campaign. But whether it succeeds is far from certain amid what is likely to be a lengthy legal battle over the president's immigration policies and a constitutional right to citizenship. The Democratic attorneys general and immigrant rights advocates say the question of birthright citizenship is settled law and that while presidents have broad authority, they are not kings. "The president cannot, with a stroke of a pen, write the 14th Amendment out of existence, period," New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin said. The White House said it's ready to face the states in court and called the lawsuits

22 states sue to stop Trump's order blocking birthright citizenship
Updated On : 22 Jan 2025 | 7:28 AM IST

President-elect Trump seeks to end Birthright Citizenship: What is it?

Trump also plans to deport all individuals who entered the US illegally, aiming to achieve this over his four-year term. However, undocumented immigrants who arrived as children may be allowed to stay

President-elect Trump seeks to end Birthright Citizenship: What is it?
Updated On : 09 Dec 2024 | 11:57 AM IST

Kamala Harris' birth certificate shared online after Trump questions race

US Presidential candidate Kamala Harris' ethnicity was questioned by Donald Trump, leading up to the polls on November 5

Kamala Harris' birth certificate shared online after Trump questions race
Updated On : 01 Aug 2024 | 3:55 PM IST

'Seriously looking' to end US birthright citizenship, says Trump

During his 2016 presidential campaign, Trump had said that he will end the birthright citizenship

'Seriously looking' to end US birthright citizenship, says Trump
Updated On : 22 Aug 2019 | 4:56 PM IST

Critics slam Donald Trump for proposal on ending birthright citizenship

Trump has said birthright citizenship 'has to end' and that it would 'with an executive order.'

Critics slam Donald Trump for proposal on ending birthright citizenship
Updated On : 31 Oct 2018 | 3:24 PM IST