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ACLU targets Trump’s new birthright citizenship order in court

ACLU targets Trump’s new birthright citizenship order in court

Summary

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has started a legal challenge against President Donald Trump’s new executive order that aims to limit birthright citizenship. The ACLU asks a federal judge to stop the order from denying citizenship to some babies born in the U.S.

Key Facts

  • The ACLU filed a lawsuit to block President Trump’s new executive order on birthright citizenship.
  • The order tries to restrict citizenship for children born on U.S. soil.
  • This is the first legal challenge to the new order since it was announced.
  • The ACLU wants a federal judge to declare the order invalid.
  • The new order builds on an earlier attempt by President Trump to end birthright citizenship.
  • The Supreme Court had been involved in issues related to the earlier attempt.
  • Birthright citizenship means babies born in the U.S. automatically become citizens.
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