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The Trump administration says it is ready to push back against “resistance from the left” in court, after a major civil rights group filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s executive order ending citizenship by right birth illegal immigrants
“Radical leftists can choose to swim against the tide and reject the overwhelming will of the people, or they can get on board and work with President Trump to advance his wildly popular agenda,” said Harrison Fields, senior deputy press secretary. of the White House. Fox News Digital.
“These lawsuits are nothing more than an extension of the left’s resistance, and the Trump administration is ready to fight them in court,” he said.
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Trump signed the orderr, “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” which ends birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants. The order seeks to clarify the 14th Amendment, which states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.”
Some lawyers and immigration groups argue that the amendment clearly includes those with illegal status, but some conservatives have said it does not because they are not under US jurisdiction.
The American Civil Liberties Union immediately filed suit “on behalf of organizations with members whose babies born on American soil will be denied citizenship under the order…” and asserted that the order it is unconstitutional and against the intent of Congress and Supreme Court precedent.
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President Trump unveils the second executive order during the inaugural parade at Capital One Arena in Washington on January 20, 2025. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)
“Denying citizenship to children born in the United States is not only unconstitutional, but also a reckless and ruthless repudiation of American values,” said Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Trump’s order argues: “Among the categories of individuals born in the United States and not subject to its jurisdiction, the privilege of United States citizenship does not automatically extend to persons born in the United States: (1) when such person’s mother was unlawfully present in the United States and the father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of such person’s birth, or (2) when such person’s mother was was in the States at that time United States. of that person’s birth was lawful but temporary (such as, but not limited to, visiting the United States under the auspices of the Visa Waiver Program or visiting on a student, work, or tourist visa ) and the father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of that person’s birth.”
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Southern border migrants found in Arizona. (US Border Patrol)
But the ACLU argues that “every baby born in the United States is an American citizen.” It allows one exception: children of foreign diplomats.
“Birthright citizenship is part of what makes the United States the strong and dynamic nation it is. This order seeks to repeat one of the worst mistakes in American history, by creating a permanent subclass of people born in the US who are denied all rights. As Americans, we will not let this attack on newborns and future generations of Americans go unchallenged,” Romero said.
The order is one of several related ones Trump signed on Monday border security and illegal immigration on his first day in office. Trump also signed an order declaring a national emergency at the border.
Trump also ordered the resumption of border wall construction, an end to Biden’s parole policies, and the designation of international cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
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Other orders suspended refugee resettlement for four months and ended migrants’ ability to seek asylum by creating an immediate deportation process without the possibility of asylum.
