DOJ in partnership with DHS launch crackdown on Birth Tourism schemes mere hours after SCOTUS birthright ruling
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Justice Department on June 30 has directed all federal prosecutors across the country to prioritize the investigation and prosecution of commercial birth tourism schemes used by foreign nationals to secure U.S. citizenship for their children. The Department of Homeland Security will assist to target these operations. “The benefits of United States citizenship require […]
SCOTUS Strikes Down Trump Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship: Children Born in U.S. to Undocumented Parents are Citizens
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, June 30, that children born in the United States to parents who are unlawfully present or temporarily in the country are citizens at birth under the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment. “The Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause mirrored the common law’s […]
Seattle judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship ban giving new AG Brown a first win
SEATTLE—Judge John Coughenour, of the U.S. District Court for Western District of Washington and Ronald Reagan appointee, on Thursday, January 22, granted a temporary injunction request by Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown (D) against President Donald J Trump’s Executive Order on ending birthright citizenship, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional.” “The Court GRANTS the Plaintiff States’ emergency motion […]
Washington files lawsuit challenging Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order
SEATTLE—Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown (D) will file a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington on Tuesday, January 21, challenging President Donald J Trump’s Executive Order on birthright citizenship, claiming it to be unlawful and unconstitutional. The announcement came during a press conference held in the Chief Sealth […]
