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He’s feeding off the American mindset, and it’s not a healthy one,
said the great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark, whose 1898 Supreme Court case helped guarantee birthright citizenship This is a war on American families waged by a president with zero respect for our Constitution. We have sued, and I have every confidence we will win,
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said Through the hard-fought legal battle of Wong Kim Ark v the United States in 1898, the Supreme Court upheld that birthright citizenship is a constitutionally protected right, and it is President Trump’s duty, as Commander in Chief of the free world, to uphold the law,
the chairs said in the statement There’s only so much fight left in me,
A lot of these attorney generals are incredible working on their own,
It’s not about disagreeing with him on policy or politics — it’s about standing up for the rule of law,
he told POLITICO in an interview I want to be clear that this isn’t some theoretical legal disagreement I have with the president,
Children would be forced to live under the threat of deportation, the fear, anxiety and trauma of that alone is enormously detrimental to their mental and emotional well being,
Birthright citizenship is a cornerstone of our democracy,
said Theo Oshiro, the co-executive director of Make the Road New York, one of the plaintiff organisations I have one message for President Trump: I’ll see you in court,
Birthright citizenship is guaranteed in our Constitution and is absolutely central to what America stands for,
Wofsy, the lead lawyer in the ACLU’s case, said Our members, who come from all over the world, have created vibrant communities, loving families, and built this country over generations. To deny their children the same basic rights as all other children born in the United States is an affront to basic values of fairness, equality, and inclusivity,
It’s not going to be met without pushback, though, as we’ve discussed already on the show. The birthright citizenship, his plan to end that, is already being challenged by the ACLU,
anchor Emma Rechenberg noted Well, that is a very troublesome thing he wants to do,
If he can nullify that portion of the Constitution, what else can he nullify? That will be the argument,
The executive order is far more sweeping than many analysts had expected. It goes so far as to prohibit US citizenship for children born to people living in the United States on temporary work, student, or tourist visas. This will affect lakhs of Indian nationals residing in the US, not least children of H-1B visa holders and those waiting in the lengthy queue for permanent residency,
The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was introduced in the wake of the Civil War to establish that all persons born in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction are U.S. citizens, and to guarantee equal rights to all citizens and equal protection of the laws to all persons under U.S. jurisdiction. It is the cornerstone of civil rights in the United States, and a direct response to previous legal precedent that restricted who could be a citizen and who was a slave,
Presidents have broad power but they are not kings,
Stripping children of the ‘priceless treasure’ of citizenship is a grave injury,
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution,
Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution states ... says Section 1,
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