Federal judge in New Hampshire stayed the order for seven days to allow the Department of Justice to appeal. He called birthright citizenship "the greatest privilege that exists in the world."

U.S. District Judge Joseph LaPlante blocked Donald Trump’s assault on birthright citizenship in a ruling that applies nationwide.

In 1898, the Supreme Court ruled that the children of immigrants who were born in the United States had the right to citizenship—even if their parents weren’t citizens themselves. This is Wong Kim Ark’s story.

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"Children born in the United States are protected by the Citizenship Clause." The post 'Children born on US soil are citizens': Mothers urge court to issue injunction and reject Trump admin arguments in birthright citizenship merits case first appeared on Law & Crime.

Last week, the Supreme Court failed to stand up strongly for a bedrock constitutional provision granting birthright citizenship in the14th Amendment passed after the Civil War. In March 2025, Immigrat