{"id":2398372,"date":"2025-02-03T16:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T21:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-enter-birthright-citizenship-fight-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T16:56:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T21:56:48","slug":"house-republicans-enter-birthright-citizenship-fight-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-enter-birthright-citizenship-fight-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans enter birthright citizenship fight &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-republicans-enter-birthright-citizenship-fight-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2398372&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House Republicans are\u2064 seeking a federal \u2064court&#8217;s\u2062 support for an executive order by President Donald Trump that aims to redefine birthright citizenship in the United States. Led by House\u200d Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan and Rep. Chip Roy, along with 16 other\u200b GOP \u2064members, they have filed an amicus brief urging a judge to reject a request from four blue states to block the order. This order seeks to reverse a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-virginia-attorneys-general-file-antitrust-lawsuit-against-ncaa\/\" title=\"TN, VA AGs sue NCAA for antitrust violations\">long-standing \u2064practice<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-anchor-caught-deceptively-altering-the-14th-amendment-in-trump-interview\/\" title=\"NBC Anchor Caught Deceptively Altering the ... in Trump Interview\">granting automatic citizenship<\/a> to \u2063the children of noncitizen or undocumented \u2063mothers.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans argue\u200c that the phrase in the 14th Amendment regarding citizenship\u2014&#8221;subject\u200c to the jurisdiction&#8221;\u2014should\u200d apply not only to undocumented individuals \u200cbut also suggest that such interpretations have been misapplied historically. They assert that\u2062 those living in the U.S.without <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">legal status owe divided allegiance<\/a> to their home countries, \u200dquestioning their claim to citizenship. <\/p>\n<p>Currently, a two<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/title-42-ends-texas-ag-paxton-files-for-restraining-order-against-biden-border-policy\/\" title=\"Title 42 ends: Texas AG Paxton files for restraining ... against Biden b... policy\">-week restraining order<\/a> is in place against the implementation of Trumps&#8217;\u2064 order, with the prospect\u200c of the case reaching the Supreme Court amid a backdrop \u2064of multiple lawsuits from various \u200cstates and\u200c organizations,\u200b including the ACLU. The issue revolves \u200baround how the 14th Amendment is interpreted\u2062 regarding citizenship rights for children born in the \u200bU.S. The ongoing legal battles highlight deep divisions over \u200dimmigration policy and constitutional interpretation\u2063 in the U.S.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">House Republicans enter birthright citizenship fight<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1941348\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A group of House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Republicans<\/a> asked a federal court on Monday to decide in favor of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s birthright citizenship <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">executive order<\/a>, marking the latest move in a string of contentious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3296160\/resistance-builds-progressives-trump-birthright-citizenship-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">legal fights<\/a> over the matter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), and 16 other lawmakers filed an amicus brief in one of the birthright citizenship lawsuits, asking a judge to deny an emergency request made by four blue states to block the controversial order from taking effect.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican lawmakers argued that the order, which Trump issued on his first day in office, correctly interpreted the citizenship clause of the Constitution, which states that &ldquo;all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s order would reverse the government&rsquo;s 150-year-old practice of granting automatic citizenship to children born to mothers living in the United States illegally or to noncitizen mothers who temporarily visit the United States. Republicans say the process has been abused.<\/p>\n<p>While the order came as expected after Trump promised to fight the Constitution&rsquo;s citizenship clause as part of his campaign, it was immediately met with five lawsuits across the country and is set to eventually land in front of the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>At issue is the 14th Amendment&rsquo;s language about children born in the United States who are &ldquo;subject to the jurisdiction&rdquo; of the country. Courts have uniformly interpreted the phrase to exclude only children born to people whose allegiance is to another country, such as foreign ambassadors or invading soldiers. The House Republicans believe that interpretation is incorrect.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is a wealth of support for the proposition that the [Jurisdiction] Clause applies the same to children of those illegally present in the country because they (like ambassadors and foreign soldiers) do not owe total allegiance to the United States,&rdquo; attorneys for the Republicans wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The attorneys said people living in the country illegally or temporarily visiting &ldquo;owe at least divided allegiance&rdquo; to their home countries.<\/p>\n<p>The House Republicans, who filed their brief in the Western District of Washington, aim to prevent the court from blocking Trump&rsquo;s order, which would otherwise go into effect at the end of this month.<\/p>\n<p>The only obstacle to the order, at present, is a two-week restraining order, which Judge John Coughenour, a Reagan appointee based in the Washington district, issued on Jan. 23 after hearing oral arguments on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been on the bench for four decades. I can&rsquo;t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one is,&rdquo; Coughenour said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nearly two dozen states, along with the American Civil Liberties Union, a handful of pregnant noncitizen women who say they will be affected by the order, and several other activist groups have joined in on the lawsuits. In the Washington case, attorneys for four states argued that the 14th Amendment&rsquo;s &ldquo;operation is automatic and its scope broad.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It provides our Nation a bright-line and nearly universal rule under which citizenship cannot be conditioned on one&rsquo;s race, ethnicity, alienage, or the immigration status of one&rsquo;s parents,&rdquo; the attorneys wrote.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1941348\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1941348\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans support Trump&#8217;s birthright citizenship order<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2398373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25034641804565.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[46489,32920,36382,32603,32076],"class_list":["post-2398372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-birthright-citizenship","tag-house-republicans","tag-immigration-policy","tag-political-news","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25034641804565.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2398372"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2398376,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398372\/revisions\/2398376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2398373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2398372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2398372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2398372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}