Lee Gelernt, Deputy Director of ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss President Trump’s executive orders on immigration, expressing deep concern over their implications for the country.
After the Civil War, the Constitution was amended to consider every baby born in the US an American. Soon that may change.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon has announced the settlement of a lawsuit alleging that agents sent by President Donald Trump in 2020 to protect a federal courthouse used excessive force against racial justice protesters.
President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to noncitizen parents comes amid a major immigration crackdown aimed at stemming
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), along with several other pro-immigrant groups, is suing the Trump administration after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that seeks to end the constitutionally recognized right of birthright citizenship. The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states in its first sentence that:
This story was updated on Jan. 21 at 6:08 p.m. to reflect that the ACLU’s lawsuit was filed on Monday, not Tuesday. Hours after President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday barring birthright citizenship to children of undocumented residents,
New Hampshire Indonesian Community Support and two other organizations are challenging an executive order signed late Monday that would end birthright citizenship for the children of some immigrants.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) late Monday launched a suit challenging an executive order from President Trump seeking to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to
When President Donald Trump first took office eight years ago on a campaign built around anti-immigrant rhetoric, many local organizers thought they could at least count on the state’s Democratic congressional delegation to push back on Trump’s efforts.
Most legal experts say the Constitution grants citizenship to children born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants.
With concerns of President Donald Trump’s policies targeting the LGBTQ+ community looming, lawyers advise individuals on actions to take to guarantee their rights.