ACLU, 18 States Sue Trump Over Birthright Citizenship Order, Citing Fourteenth Amendment Violation

Jan 21, 2025, 06:04 PM

Immigrant rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), have filed lawsuits against the Trump administration challenging President Donald Trump's executive order, signed late Monday, aimed at ending birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to non-citizen parents. Additionally, a coalition of 18 states, including California, New Jersey, and Massachusetts, along with the District of Columbia and the cities of Washington and San Francisco, have sued to block the executive order, arguing that it violates the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of citizenship for all children born on U.S. soil. The lawsuits were filed on Tuesday in federal courts in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, seeking to immediately halt the implementation of the executive order.