Until the order, which Trump signed the same day he was inaugurated as the 47th president, the U.S. government has, at least the late 1800s, considered the child of any immigrant born on U.S. soil an automatic citizen, even to a mother in the United States illegally.
Trump's executive order against birthright citizenship faces several legal battles in the courts. Ending birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants has become a central focus of the administration's hard-line immigration agenda.
Nevada's attorney general joins nearly two dozen of his counterparts in challenging an executive order he calls a "unilateral attack on the constitutional rights of Americans."
Eighteen states, plus the District of Columbia and San Francisco sued in federal court to block Trump's order.
The State of Nevada will be joining 21 other states and municipalities in a lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking to protect birthright citizenship.
NJIT hosts the Vermont Catamounts after Alejandra Zuniga scored 20 points in NJIT's 70-48 loss to the New Hampshire Wildcats. The teams square off Thursday for the first time this
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The U.S. Senate voted 64-35 on Monday to pass the proposed Laken Riley Act and sent the measure to the House of Representatives for consideration.
More than a dozen Democratic state attorneys general said Thursday they plan to defend two gun regulations now being challenged in
Attorneys general from 18 states, including Wisconsin, sued to block President Trump’s move to end an immigration policy known as birthright citizenship.
Attorney General Dan Rayfield has joined other states in Texas gun rights cases in support of Biden administration rules requiring background checks and banning conversion devices that turn handguns into rapid-fire weapons.
New Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced Thursday that Oregon and more than a dozen other states are joining together to defend two federal rules aimed at reducing gun violence nationwide. Here's Rayfield's news release about the action,