Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship
Honest Title:
Birthright Under Attack
Constitutional Risk:
9
Signed by: Donald J. Trump
Signed: 1/20/2025
Last Updated: 2/18/2025
Executive Order
Summary
This order limits birthright citizenship, denying it to those born in the US to mothers who were unlawfully present or temporarily in the US, if the father was not a citizen or permanent resident. It directs agencies to withhold citizenship documents and requires compliance within 30 days, applying to births after 30 days from the order's date.
Updates
- February 16, 2025: Wikipedia was last updated with information regarding Executive Order 14160.
- February 13, 2025: U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against Executive Order 14160 in Massachusetts.
- February 11, 2025: Department of Justice attorneys appealed the ruling in CASA Inc. v. Trump to the Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.
- February 10, 2025: Judge Joseph N. Laplante of the U.S. District Court of New Hampshire issued an injunction, further blocking the executive order.
- February 6, 2025: The Department of Justice appealed Judge Coughenour's ruling in State of Washington v. Trump.
- February 6, 2025: Judge John C. Coughenour formalized his earlier temporary block by granting a preliminary injunction in the Western District of Washington case.
- February 5, 2025: U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman in Maryland granted a nationwide preliminary injunction against Executive Order 14160.
- January 29, 2025: Executive Order 14160 was officially published in the Federal Register.
- January 23, 2025: Judge John C. Coughenour of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington issued a temporary block on Executive Order 14160.
- January 22, 2025: Immigrant rights groups CASA and the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project filed a lawsuit in Maryland federal court.
- January 21, 2025: Lawsuits were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington and the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
- January 20, 2025: President Trump signed Executive Order 14160.