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All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
The order seeks to clarify the 14th Amendment, which states
If this unprecedented executive action is allowed to stand, both Plaintiffs and their residents will suffer immediate and irreparable harm,
it arguesThe President has no authority to rewrite or nullify a constitutional amendment or duly enacted statute. Nor is he empowered by any other source of law to limit who receives United States citizenship at birth,
the lawsuit by 18 Democratic-led states saidUnder the Order, such children born after February 19, 2025 – who would have been unquestionably deemed citizens had they been born two days ago – will lack any legal status in the eyes of the federal government,
the states argueThese lawsuits are nothing more than an extension of the Left’s resistance – and the Trump administration is ready to face them in court,
he saidBy purporting to unilaterally strip the targeted citizens of their right to citizenship, the EO violates the Fourteenth Amendment and corresponding statutory protections,
it says
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I am only a citizen because of birthright citizenship, and the attempt to violate the law, to undermine so much of what we stand for, so much of what has gotten us to this point as a society, as a community, as a country, as one of the very first actions … is a reminder of how much each and every one of us is needed right now to buckle down and and be involved at the city level,
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Campbell said in a post on X yesterdayRadical Leftists can either choose to swim against the tide and reject the overwhelming will of the people, or they can get on board and work with President Trump,
White House deputy press secretary Harrison Fields said
Stripping children of the 'priceless treasure' of citizenship is a grave injury,
the suit said
The president cannot, with a stroke of a pen, write the 14th Amendment out of existence, period,
he saidThe 14th Amendment says what it means, and it means what it says — if you are born on American soil, you are an American. Period. Full stop,
he saidToday's immediate lawsuit sends a clear message to the Trump administration that we will stand up for our residents and their basic constitutional rights,
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said in a statement
Birthright citizenship is a right expressly guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution,
Bonta said
That’s something we are certainly worried about this second time around, that they’ll make the same policy decisions that are bad from our perspective, but do it again in a smarter way that makes them harder to challenge,
Eva Bitrán, director of immigrants’ rights and staff attorney at American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, saidA president has authority, but it's limited,
he addedThere is no exception to the Citizenship Clause’s plain and unconditional grant of U.S. citizenship to all born on American soil and subject to the United States’ sovereign authority,
the Democratic states’ complaint reads