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History Shows Why Birthright Citizenship is so Important

In 1898, in the landmark case of U.S. v Wong Kim Ark, the Supreme Court reaffirmed the birthright citizenship guarantee, clarifying that even if one’s parents were legally ineligible for U.S. citizenship, a child born on U.S. soil was a citizen.

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Politico · 19d

Trump Is Wrong About Birthright Citizenship. History Proves It.

As legal experts have explained, the text of the amendment itself disproves Trump’s claim, which the court’s conservatives — who so often extoll the virtues of originalism, interpreting the Constitution based on its meaning at the time it was written — should well know. So does the historical record.

The Associated Press on MSN · 4d

What’s next for Trump’s birthright citizenship order in the courts

Trump’s executive order, signed in January, seeks to deny citizenship to children who are born to people who are living in the U.S. illegally or temporarily. It is part of the hard-line immigration agenda of the president, who has called birthright citizenship a “magnet for illegal immigration.”

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What to know about the Supreme Court's birthright citizenship case

The case stems from President Donald Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship, which has been frozen by multiple lower courts. The Supreme Court is not likely to rule on the constitutionality of ...

Opinion

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Could 2025 Unravel America’s Promise? The Surprising History and High-Stakes Fight Over Birthright Citizenship

Is America on the verge of rewriting who’s in? That’s the echo sounding through courtrooms and neighborhoods in the wake of President Trump’s Executive Order 14160, which, as of January 2025, seeks to ...

Opinion

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Trump’s attempts to decide who is ‘American’ is downright un-American

Trump would like us to believe that he is defending the nation’s heritage, but his attempts to weaponize citizenship against critics tell a different story. This is not about ancestry; it’s about ...

Confused about the status of birthright citizenship in the US? Here is what to know

Birthright citizenship remains in effect despite recent court decisions and President Donald Trump's executive order ...

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Barron Trump's US citizenship explained after Donald's kids spark huge debate over it

It turns out that the President's three eldest children, Don Jr, 47, Ivanka, 43, and Eric, 41, were born to a non-US citizen ...

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Rosie O’Donnell Responds to Trump’s Threat to Revoke Her U.S. Citizenship, Brings Epstein Into the Row

Comedian and actor Rosie O’Donnell has responded to President Donald Trump 's threat to have her U.S. citizenship revoked, ...

National Law Review3d

Federal Judge Issues Nationwide Class-Based Injunction in Birthright Citizenship Case

U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of President Trump’s ...

Albuquerque Journal10dOpinion

OPINION: History will not look kindly on ICE raids and threats to birthright citizenship

Last week, the Supreme Court failed to stand up strongly for a bedrock constitutional provision granting birthright ...

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OPINION: As an immigrant, I don't expect shortcuts. Birthright citizenship is our right.

Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship is the latest attempt to alienate immigrants and erase the immigrant ...

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