On Thursday, a federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship Executive Order, which aims to end automatic citizenship granted to children born on American soil.
After its issuance on Monday, January 20, this EO was immediately challenged by immigrant advocacy groups and several states for violating the Fourteenth Amendment.
The EO asserted that individuals born on US soil to unlawfully present parents or those in the US temporarily (e.g., on tourist or student visas), where the father is not a US citizen or lawful permanent resident, (e.g., on any non-immigrant work, tourist or student visa), would not be considered as US citizens. The EO directs state, local, and federal agencies to prevent the issuance of citizenship documents starting on February 20, 2025.
The Executive Order would deny citizenship to more than 150,000 children born each year and leave some of them stateless.
Erickson Insights and Analysis
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