politics
ACLU asks judge to block new Trump order restricting birthright citizenship
Group says new executive order is attempt to evade supreme court’s earlier ruling against the president
TL;DR
- ACLU and other groups are suing to block new executive orders from President Trump regarding birthright citizenship.
- They argue the orders are an attempt to evade a Supreme Court ruling that rejected a previous, broader effort to deny citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants and temporary foreign residents.
- The Supreme Court had previously stated that Trump's earlier order violated the US Constitution's 14th Amendment.
- The latest orders, issued August 6, aim to expand categories of children ineligible for automatic US citizenship, targeting 'birth tourism'.
- A White House spokesperson stated that administration actions are consistent with court rulings.
- The ACLU argues the president cannot strip citizenship through executive orders and calls the attacks on children's citizenship illegal and cruel.