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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday heard arguments in a high-stakes case involving former President Donald Trump’s plan to restrict birthright citizenship, while also weighing the broader question of whether federal judges have the power to issue nationwide injunctions. The justices did not rule on the core constitutional issue of …

President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to scale back nationwide injunctions issued by lower courts that have blocked enforcement of his executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris filed three emergency requests on Thursday, urging the high court to restrict the scope of …

A federal judge on Tuesday issued a nationwide injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at restricting birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants and temporary visa holders, arguing that the measure conflicts with the 14th Amendment. U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman, ruling from Greenbelt, Maryland, stated that …

A federal district court judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at limiting birthright citizenship, marking the first major legal challenge to the new administration’s immigration agenda. Senior U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour, a Reagan appointee, issued the temporary restraining order from the bench after …

A coalition of 19 Democratic attorneys general filed a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in Massachusetts, seeking to block President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order aimed at restricting birthright citizenship. Trump’s order, signed Monday, proposes limiting automatic citizenship to children born in the United States who have at least one …

On the day of his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump is poised to enact sweeping immigration reforms through executive orders, including the controversial elimination of birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants. An incoming administration official stated that Trump will reinterpret the 14th Amendment, specifically the clause …