{"id":2420088,"date":"2025-04-04T17:04:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T21:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blue-states-ask-supreme-court-to-reject-trumps-birthright-citizenship-plan-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T17:07:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T21:07:39","slug":"blue-states-ask-supreme-court-to-reject-trumps-birthright-citizenship-plan-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blue-states-ask-supreme-court-to-reject-trumps-birthright-citizenship-plan-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue states ask Supreme Court to reject Trump\u2019s birthright citizenship plan &#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\">28<\/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%2Fblue-states-ask-supreme-court-to-reject-trumps-birthright-citizenship-plan-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=2420088&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>A coalition of democratic-led states and immigrant rights groups is urging the Supreme Court to uphold birthright citizenship and maintain a block on a Trump management order that would deny citizenship to U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants and temporary visitors. In their filings, 24 states argue against Trump&#8217;s request to limit lower court injunctions that currently prevent the order from taking effect, asserting that the long-standing interpretation of the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil, nonetheless of their parent&#8217;s immigration status.the states maintain that Trump\u2019s order would create important logistical issues and harm future children by introducing complex verification processes for citizenship. Lower courts have consistently ruled against the administration&#8217;s order, and the Supreme Court may decide on the issue soon.  <\/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\">Blue states ask Supreme Court to reject Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nc-appeals-court-gives-60000-voters-15-days-to-prove-eligibility-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"NC appeals ... gives 60,000 voters 15 days to prove eligibility - Washington Examiner\">birthright citizenship plan<\/a><\/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_2081697\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A coalition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democratic<\/a>-led states and immigrant rights groups is urging the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Supreme Court<\/a> to preserve birthright citizenship and uphold a nationwide block on a Trump administration order denying citizenship to the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants and temporary visitors.<\/p>\n<p>In a series of response <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/24\/24A885\/352045\/20250313134644359_Trump%20v.%20Washington%20Application.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">filings<\/a> Friday, respondents from 24 states asked the justices to reject President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s emergency request to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">narrow multiple lower court injunctions<\/a> that have frozen his January order. They argued that maintaining the long-standing legal status quo is not an abuse of judicial power.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3370382\/bondi-announces-ms13-members-arrested-in-south-florida\/\">Bondi announces three MS-13 members arrested in South Florida for unsolved murders<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3367251\/doj-urged-investigate-65-project-trump-attorneys\/\">DOJ urged to investigate dark money group targeting Trump attorneys<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3369568\/judge-james-boasberg-trump-officials-bad-faith-weighs-contempt-venezuelan-deportations\/\">Judge finds Trump officials acted in &#8216;bad faith,&#8217; weighs contempt over Venezuelan deportations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Being directed to follow the law as it has been universally understood for over 125 years is not an emergency warranting the extraordinary remedy of a stay,&rdquo; the states <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/24\/24A885\/354760\/20250404111851793_24A885_PlaintiffStates_ResponseEmergencyStay.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;This Court should deny the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-judge-grants-gop-lawmaker-standing-to-sue-biden-administration-over-unrwa-funding-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Texas judge grants GOP lawmaker standing to sue Biden administration over UNRWA funding - Washington Examiner\">federal government&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s request.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The states argued that while many constitutional matters are open to debate, birthright citizenship is not one of them. In their filing, they said the citizenship clause of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/14th-amendment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">14th Amendment<\/a> has long been understood to guarantee U.S. citizenship to anyone born on American soil &mdash; regardless of a child&rsquo;s parentage, immigration status, nationality, or even their parents&rsquo; &ldquo;allegiance&rdquo; or &ldquo;domicile.&rdquo; This interpretation, they noted, has been consistently upheld for more than a century by the courts, Congress, the executive branch, and legal scholars alike.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s order specifies that a child is entitled to birthright citizenship if at least one of their parents is a U.S. citizen. However, if the order were in effect, it would directly affect the children of parents who are both noncitizens.<\/p>\n<p>Several individual plaintiffs in the cases are expectant mothers who said the Trump administration&rsquo;s decision infringes on the rights of their future children. However, states also contend that the order would create logistical problems and require the creation of new systems to verify a child&rsquo;s citizenship based on their parent&rsquo;s immigration status.<\/p>\n<p>So far, lower courts have consistently agreed with the challenging parties.<\/p>\n<p>Four separate district courts and three appeals courts have ruled against the Trump administration&rsquo;s order since it was issued on Jan. 20, finding it likely violates the Constitution and the Immigration and Nationality Act. <\/p>\n<p>Notably, Trump&rsquo;s legal team has not asked the Supreme Court to rule on the merits of the birthright citizenship order &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3347121\/trump-asks-supreme-court-end-birthright-citizenship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">only to scale back the injunctions<\/a>, which they argued amount to judicial overreach.<\/p>\n<p>Citing historical precedent, the Justice Department said injunctions must be &ldquo;no more burdensome to the defendant than necessary.&rdquo; It warned that providing relief to nonparties is &ldquo;inappropriate when a narrower remedy will fully protect the litigants.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, the states said the nationwide injunctions are essential to preventing a chaotic patchwork of citizenship policies and potential harm to tens of thousands of U.S.-born children.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3369768\/doj-solicitor-general-confirmed-supreme-court-showdowns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>DOJ SOLICITOR GENERAL CONFIRMED AHEAD OF MAJOR SUPREME COURT SHOWDOWNS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs&rsquo; responses were filed in cases known as <em>Washington v. Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/24\/24A886\/354797\/20250404145223563_2025%200404%20Birthright%20SCOTUS%20SPA%20Opp%20File.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New Jersey v. Trump<\/a>, <\/em>and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/help.asylumadvocacy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/CASA-v.-Trump-SCOTUS-Response-Brief.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">CASA v. Trump<\/a><\/em>, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court could decide to act on the Trump administration&rsquo;s request in the coming days.<\/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_2081697\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2081697\"}});<\/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>Blue states urge Supreme Court to uphold birthright citizenship<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2420089,"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\/04\/AP25091822917953.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[46489,42793,32275,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2420088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-birthright-citizenship","tag-blue-states","tag-supreme-court","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AP25091822917953.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420088","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\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2420088"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2420092,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420088\/revisions\/2420092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2420089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2420088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2420088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2420088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}