birthright citizenship

They’re going to lose in lower courts until they get a few cases before the Supreme Court, which is going to rule against him on birthright citizenship but give him just enough of a “win” on one of the immigration cases that he can declare “victory” and avoid disobeying a court order.

It has won multiple temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions blocking Trump policy measures, including a sweeping freeze of trillions of dollars in federal funding that Congress had already allocated to the states, and a Trump executive order to end birthright citizenship for the U.S.-born children of certain immigrants.

California filed its first lawsuit, over Trump’s order to rescind birthright citizenship, on Jan. 21, the day after Trump was inaugurated.

They’ve sent masked agents to round up graduate students whose political views they don’t like; worked to end birthright citizenship for children of noncitizens; and in one case deported a man by accident — then defied a Supreme Court order to facilitate his return.

Trump is attempting to deny birthright citizenship, which is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment, to babies born to parents who aren’t citizens or lawful permanent residents.