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.
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Border czar Tom Homan said at a Phoenix expo on Tuesday that he’ll “flood” states and cities with ICE agents if they try to resist deportation policies. -
Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes determined Pima County is allowed to restrict Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity on county property, an opinion that drew a swift rebuke from Republican lawmakers. -
In January of 2018, University of Arizona professor Scott Warren was volunteering in the Southern Arizona desert with humanitarian aid group No More Deaths. -
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the approximately 1,000-year-old geoglyph in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge was disturbed by border wall contractors nearly two weeks ago. -
Mesa Gateway Airport Authority’s executive director wants answers following media reports of overcrowding at an ICE facility there.
