Civil Rights Groups Challenge Trump's Renewed Birthright Citizenship Order in Federal Court
Civil rights organizations have filed a motion in a New Hampshire federal court to protect birthright citizenship against President Donald Trump's latest executive order, which attempts to deny automatic citizenship to children born in the U.S. if their parents lack residency or legal citizenship. This challenge follows a previous Supreme Court ruling, Trump v. Barbara, which rejected a similar order and affirmed citizenship based on 'place of nativity' regardless of parentage. The groups argue that the 14th Amendment is not subject to executive revision.
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