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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and 18 states with Democratic attorneys general have announced lawsuits over President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to noncitizen parents.
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Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2025
In a similar lawsuit filed by immigrant rights groups in New Hampshire federal court, the plaintiffs argued that roughly 150,000 children born annually to noncitizen parents could lose access to essential services like healthcare and education.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Jan. 2025
The Laken Riley Act would expand mandatory detention to include noncitizens convicted of or charged with burglary, larceny, theft or shoplifting, as well as those who admit to committing those crimes.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2025
An 1898 Supreme Court ruling upheld the amendment’s application to those born on U.S. soil whose parents are noncitizens, while a 1982 case made clear that the amendment also applied to children who were born to undocumented immigrants.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024
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Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2025
In a similar lawsuit filed by immigrant rights groups in New Hampshire federal court, the plaintiffs argued that roughly 150,000 children born annually to noncitizen parents could lose access to essential services like healthcare and education.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Jan. 2025
The Laken Riley Act would expand mandatory detention to include noncitizens convicted of or charged with burglary, larceny, theft or shoplifting, as well as those who admit to committing those crimes.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2025
An 1898 Supreme Court ruling upheld the amendment’s application to those born on U.S. soil whose parents are noncitizens, while a 1982 case made clear that the amendment also applied to children who were born to undocumented immigrants.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024
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Some of top allies are saying aliens might be on the next administration's agenda, days before the returns to the White House. Donald Trump Jr., former Congressman , and Representative William Timmons have all raised the possibility of a federal investigation into in the past week.—
Theo Burman,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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At the time, news reports claimed that evidence of aliens was found at the site, but this claim was never substantiated.—
Ailsa Harvey,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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The party’s unrelenting focus on protecting French identity and its eagerness to change the French Constitution to restrict the rights of foreigners still mark it in France as a far-right party, experts say.—
Jim Tankersley,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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This included ending birthright citizenship for the children of some foreigners and shutting down the app CBP One, used to allow people to enter legally with eligibility to work.—
Amanda Luberto,
The Arizona Republic,
22 Jan. 2025
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More than 10,400 refugees around the globe who had been approved for travel to the United States suddenly found their entry denied, their airplane tickets worthless.—
Michael D. Shear,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Jenin refugee camp in the north of the West Bank, a sprawling area of narrow alleys that has long been a bastion of militant factions, is front and center of the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) latest campaign.—
Tim Lister and Eugenia Yosef,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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Zoom in: Americans are a big part of Spain's expatriate boom.—
Jason Lalljee,
Axios,
16 Jan. 2025
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Cricket is deemed a minority sport in Saudi Arabia with fandom mostly confined to South Asian expatriates.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes,
6 Nov. 2024
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