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ACLU blasts Trump’s new orders on birthright citizenship, saying they are doomed to fail in court– as it happened

The American Civil Liberties Union is not impressed by the legal reasoning of Donald Trump’s new executive orders in which he is once again attempting to restrict birthright citizenship, just five weeks after the US supreme court struck a similar order he issued last year.

ACLU blasts Trump’s new orders on birthright citizenship, saying they are doomed to fail in court– as it happened

TL;DR

  • The ACLU is critical of Donald Trump's new executive orders.
  • The orders aim to restrict birthright citizenship.
  • This is not the first time Trump has attempted such restrictions.
  • A similar order from last year was struck down by the US Supreme Court five weeks prior.