Just one day into President Donald Trump’s second term, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell is taking her first swing at the new administration’s policies. The Bay State AG, along with 17 other states,
California is one of 22 states and two cities that have quickly challenged Trump’s order to remove birthright citizenship for future children starting next month.
Ellison tells WCCO that birthright citizenship is guaranteed under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and that the Supreme Court has twice ruled that birthright citizenship extends to everyone born in the United States, including the children of immigrants regardless of their parents’ immigration status.
Eighteen states, the District of Columbia and San Francisco will seek a preliminary injunction blocking a Trump order denying citizenship to U.S.-born children of unauthorized immigrants.
Maryland joined 17 states, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco to sue President Trump on Tuesday over what they called his “flagrantly unlawful attempt” to end birthright citizenship through one of the flurry of executive orders he signed after taking office.
California, a coalition of other states and the city of San Francisco have sued the Trump administration over President Trump's executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship, calling it unconstitutional.
California joins New Jersey, Massachusetts, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin,
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's Executive Order that ends birthright citizenship, arguing it vi