day in office？... He plans to deport millions of undocumented immigrants and try to end birthright

In August 1895, a young cook named Wong Kim Ark was about to disembark from the S.S. Coptic, after a long journey home to San Francisco from China, when U.S. customs officials denied him re-entry.He was not a U.S. citizen, they said.... Wong had been born in San Francisco’s Chinatown, not far from the port where he was now being held.... The 14th Amendment’s provision for automatic citizenship for all people born on U.S. soil did not apply to him, officials later argued, because he and his par

order on birthright citizenship.U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante certified a challenge on

Trump’s first term.... Ending birthright citizenship, an issue that would need to be addressed via

executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. The ruling from US District Judge Joseph

Children born in America to unauthorised immigrants would thus be excluded.... But so too would those of around 3m people living in America on exchange, work or student visas. Unlock Premium Insights from The Economist Take your experience further with Mint Premium-access unparalleled insights on important global issuesSubscribe now Already subscribed?... Share your contact details and we will get in touch with you…= 48 event. charCode Confirm Thanks for sharing your number....

constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. Justice

chair of the Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life and co-founder of Birthright Israel, an

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" The preliminary injunction is granted on a nationwide basis." Hours later, the Trump administration signaled its intent to appeal the judge's order.... Seattle-based U.S. District Judge John Coughenour appears in a handout photo.... " In these moments, the rule of law becomes especially vulnerable....