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Push to end birthright citizenship raises legal and social alarms
Efforts to redefine the 14th Amendment could leave thousands of children stateless and trigger constitutional battles.
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Anniversary of 14th amendment takes on new meaning after recent SCOTUS ruling
After SCOTUS opened the door to President Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship, the anniversary of the 14th Amendment ...
Civil Rights Groups Fight Trump's Attempts to Remove Birthright Citizenship
Legal advocates, including the Asian Law Caucus, filed a class action lawsuit to stop the executive order aimed at removing ...
Without Birthright Citizenship, Americanness Hangs by a Thread
"Birthright citizenship has protected us from those who might wish to pick and choose who gets to be American." ...
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ISU scholar expects birthright citizenship will be upheld after 'confusion and harm'
Matt Kuenning, who teaches at Illinois State University and practices law in Champaign, says a New Hampshire judge's ruling ...
Birthright citizenship is crystal clear in the U.S. Constitution
People protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court over President Donald Trump's move to end birthright citizenship. The ...
Celebrate a nation of immigrants: Constitution demands protecting birthright citizenship
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a single federal judge could not issue a nationwide injunction on a case related to ...
14th Amendment was ratified 157 years ago to grant citizenship to Black Americans. MAGA is now reshaping it
In some ways, the 14th Amendment is the original articulation that Black lives matter,” says Damon Hewitt, president and ...