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ACLU and allies seek to block Trump birthright order

8/14/2026

Center

Civil-rights Lawyers Challenge

Civil-rights lawyers filed a motion in the District Court in New Hampshire to block President Donald Trump’s August 6 2026 executive order limiting birthright citizenship.
The plaintiffs say the order exceeds the Supreme Court’s June 30 2026 ruling, which limited citizenship exceptions to diplomats and tribal members.
The order excludes children of foreign-embassy, UN, World Bank, and enemy alien parents.
The State Department created task force and revoked visas of a couple who lied.

Left

Lawyers Challenge Order

Civil-rights lawyers filed a motion in District Court in New Hampshire to block President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship.
Immigrant advocates argue the administration is exploiting the birth-citizenship issue to rally voters ahead of the November midterm elections.
Judge Joseph LaPlante, who previously struck down Trump’s earlier order, is presiding over the case.
The ACLU, Legal Defense Fund, Asian Law Caucus and Democracy Defenders Fund filed the motion.

Blindspot

The State Department announced a Birth Tourism Prevention Task Force, saying it will review visas worldwide, revoke those of facilitators, and cited revoking a couple’s visas who used a conference as cover to give birth in the United States.
Within this story's sources, this angle appears mainly in Center-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Left-leaning coverage.

History

Historical Context

The 1898 Supreme Court case United States v. Wong Kim Ark, decided 5-4 with Justice Horace Gray authoring the opinion, established birthright citizenship for children of alien parents under the Fourteenth Amendment. Since the 1990s, groups like the ACLU have sought limits, leading to President Trump’s 2025 executive order on New Hampshire birthright citizenship, which the Court rejected in a 6-3 June 30 2026 decision.

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Civil-rights Lawyers Challenge

Civil-rights lawyers filed a motion in the District Court in New Hampshire to block President Donald Trump’s August 6 2026 executive order limiting birthright citizenship.
The plaintiffs say the order exceeds the Supreme Court’s June 30 2026 ruling, which limited citizenship exceptions to diplomats and tribal members.
The order excludes children of foreign-embassy, UN, World Bank, and enemy alien parents.
The State Department created task force and revoked visas of a couple who lied.

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