Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Trump’s Immigration Policies
By Mark Sherman, Associated Press
The Supreme Court convened Thursday to address crucial arguments stemming from President Trump’s second term, focusing on his administration’s bid to deny birthright citizenship to children born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants. The case represents a significant legal challenge, as lower courts have imposed nationwide injunctions to block the executive order, arguing that it disrupts a longstanding understanding of citizenship established by the 14th Amendment.
Trump’s executive order, issued on his first day of office, aims to exclude children from citizenship if neither parent is a citizen or permanent resident. Legal action quickly ensued from states and immigrant rights groups, who assert that such a change threatens critical civil rights established since the post-Civil War era.
The Court also examined the administration’s push to end humanitarian parole for hundreds of thousands of migrants, including those from Cuba and Venezuela. Central to the debate is the validity and reach of nationwide injunctions, which the Trump administration argues overextend judicial authority. Legal experts warn that curtailing these protections could lead to an inconsistent patchwork of citizenship laws across states. The justices are likely to signal their positions on these complex issues in the forthcoming ruling.
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