The Trump administration suffered a major blow on Friday when an appeals court upheld an injunction that blocked the president’s executive order to end birthright citizenship. Newsweek contacted the Department of Homeland Security and the White House for comment on Saturday via email outside regular office hours. Why It Matters On January 20, hours…
BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court in Boston ruled on Friday that the Trump administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily, adding to the mounting legal setbacks for the president’s birthright order. A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals became the fifth…
Since the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump has been trying to end birthright citizenship for the children of immigrants born in the United States, in a direct challenge to the plain language of the Constitution. Now, he’s openly musing about attempting to take away the citizenship of comedian Rosie O’Donnell, who…
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal judge in New Hampshire will hear arguments Thursday on whether to certify a class-action lawsuit that would include every baby affected by President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of a pregnant woman, two parents and their infants, is among numerous cases challenging Trump’s…
France’s prime minister has called for a national debate on “what it means to be French” as the country mulls over whether to end “jus soli” or birthright citizenship. François Bayrou demanded action after a wave of immigration into Mayotte, a French territory in the Indian Ocean, put the issue in the spotlight. Earlier this…
During so much of Joe Biden’s presidency, Donald Trump and some of his closest allies were plotting how to stock the various offices and departments of second administration with extremely MAGA attorneys who would tell Trump “yes” instead of a squishy “no,” regardless of how many judges or legal experts squawked about quaint considerations like…
More American adults oppose than support President Donald Trump’s proposed changes to birthright citizenship, according to a poll conducted by the Associated Press in January. President Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)(AP) The poll indicated…