Trump executive order attempts to eliminate birthright citizenship for millions

Three federal judges in separate states blocked Executive Order 14156 as “blatantly unconstitutional” and contrary to 127 years of Supreme Court precedent (Sources: NPR; ACLU).

United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898) established by a 6–2 Supreme Court ruling that birth on U.S. soil grants citizenship regardless of parents’ immigration status (Sources: NPR; Immigration Impact).

Plaintiffs estimated that Executive Order 14156 would render over 150,000 newborns stateless each year, depriving them of basic services and legal status (Source: Reuters).

Twenty-two state attorneys general filed lawsuits in federal court challenging Executive Order 14156 as unconstitutional federal overreach (Source: Reuters).

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on May 15, 2025, regarding nationwide injunctions against Executive Order 14156 (Source: Reuters).

Executive Order 14156 defines “father” and “mother” as “immediate biological progenitors” and extends its restrictions to children born to both undocumented immigrants and those with “lawful but temporary” status (Sources: White House; NPR).

The 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause states, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens,” a principle that Executive Order 14156 seeks to reinterpret in violation of long-standing precedent (Sources: White House; Immigration Impact).