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Trump's Controversial Move to End Birthright Citizenship

CosmicTaco · 2025-01-21T11:08:49.877485+05:30

- President Trump signed an executive order to end birthright citizenship, a right guaranteed by the Constitution and upheld by the Supreme Court for over 125 years. - Civil rights groups and state attorneys general, including those from California and New York, have filed lawsuits to challenge the order. - The 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, affirms that anyone born on U.S. soil is a citizen, a precedent established by the landmark Wong Kim Ark case in 1898. Source: [Axios](https://www.axios.com/2025/01/21/trump-birthright-citizenship-14th-amendment)

President Trump signed an executive order to end birthright citizenship, a right guaranteed by the Constitution and upheld by the Supreme Court for over 125 years.
Civil rights groups and state attorneys general, including those from California and New York, have filed lawsuits to challenge the order.
The 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, affirms that anyone born on U.S. soil is a citizen, a precedent established by the landmark Wong Kim Ark case in 1898.

Source: Axios