As part of a sweeping crackdown on both undocumented and legal immigrants, Donald Trump signed an executive order on inauguration day that tries to end, for some, the right to US citizenship for children born in the United States.
The order was blocked as “blatantly unconstitutional”, in one judge’s opinion, after immediate legal challenges. Appeals failed and four months later the issue has made its way to the increasingly divided US supreme court as an emergency case. The administration is pressing it to allow Trump’s restrictions to partially take effect, withholding citizenship for children born in the US without at least one parent being a legal permanent resident (green card holder) or US citizen.
