Trump Pushes to End Birthright Citizenship
President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship in the U.S. has started a legal and political debate about executive power and the 14th Amendment, which guarantees citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil, a principle that has been central to civil rights since its ratification in 1868. VOA’s immigration correspondent, Aline Barros, has […]
Democratic-Led States Sue to Block Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
Twenty-two Democratic-led U.S. states sued Tuesday to try to block President Donald Trump from ending birthright U.S. citizenship for the children of undocumented migrants living in the country. The suit by the states, joined by the city governments in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, are among the first filed by those opposing Trump’s executive orders, […]