
Twenty-two attorneys general and a group of immigration organizations led by the American Civil Liberties Union have filed lawsuits challenging an executive order that attempts to ban birthright citizenship.
President Donald Trump signed the order Monday to end the 157-year-old immigration practice that has granted US-born children citizenship regardless of their parents’ legal status. The lawsuits argue Trump's order violates a longstanding interpretation of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment, formed in an 1898 Supreme Court decision. The US is one of 33 countries and two territories providing unrestricted birthright citizenship. Legal analysts say Trump's order is unlikely to take effect next month as planned with the measure tied up in court.
Separately, Enrique Tarrio, former leader of the alt-right Proud Boys, and Stewart Rhodes, founder of the antigovernment Oath Keepers militia group, were released from prison yesterday. The two are among more than 1,500 people Trump pardoned in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, US Capitol storming. See all of Trump's executive actions here.
Meanwhile, a judge blocked the Justice Department from releasing the portion of special counsel Jack Smith's report related to Trump's classified documents case.
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