The Supreme Court is set to hear a case that will determine whether people born in the U.S. to parents who are not U.S. citizens will still be considered Americans.
The 14th Amendment automatically grants citizenship to people born in the U.S., regardless of where their parents are from. But almost a year ago — on Inauguration day last January — President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending that right.
That triggered a wave of lawsuits — including one brought by Arizona and 21 other states — that argued the change was unconstitutional.
Two lower courts have already ruled against the administration and found the change to be unconstitutional.
Earlier this month, the high court agreed to consider that question on its own. It’s expected to take up the case sometime before July.
-
The ruling comes a day after news broke of the government’s plan to offer legal aid to detained immigrant children through a $150 million contract Burke Law Group — a small Texas-based firm with a co-founder who is a former Trump appointee. -
A notice posted on the Federal Register this week details a $150 million government contract with Burke Law Group to represent unaccompanied immigrant children. A multimillion-dollar contact with nonprofits across the country to do the work expired Friday. -
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is supposed to help people during disasters like floods and fires. But a new report finds the Trump administration diverted FEMA staff at key times to do something very different — help ICE in immigration enforcement. -
The DACA program turned 14 this year. The Obama-era initiative is supposed to give some undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children a work permit and temporary protection from deportation. But community members say that’s no longer the case under President Donald Trump. -
Some 20,000 children alone in the US receive legal aid through the contract — part of a federal program established by Congress almost two decades ago. The contract to do that work expires July 31.
