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Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship (Trump EO Tracker)

January 21, 2025

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Summary

Effective February 19, 2025, no department or agency of the U.S. government shall issue documents recognizing U.S. citizenship, or accept documents issued by State, local, or other governments or authorities purporting to recognize U.S. citizenship, to persons when their mother was unlawfully present in the U.S. and their father was not a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident at the time of their birth; or when their mother’s presence in the U.S. was temporary, including when visiting the U.S. under the Visa Waiver Program or visiting on a student, work, or tourist visa, and their father was not a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident at the time of their birth.

Legal Challenges

Case Name

New Hampshire Indonesian Community Support et al v. Trump et al (Case No. 1:25-cv-38)

Date Complaint Filed

January 20, 2025

Venue

U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire (D.N.H.)

Summary

Trump’s EO 14160 seeks to end birthright citizenship for people who are “not subject to the jurisdiction thereof” per the Fourteenth Amendment. The executive order states that U.S. citizenship will no longer extend to persons born in the U.S. to a mother who is unlawfully present or temporarily present, and a father who is undocumented.

Plaintiffs—New Hampshire Indonesian Community Support, LULAC, and Make the Road New York—sue Defendants—President Trump, DHS and the DHS Secretary, DOS and the Secretary of State, USDA and the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and their Administrator.

Plaintiffs claim that EO 14160 violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause, 8 U.S.C. § 1401(a), and the APA. Plaintiffs request that the EO be declared unconstitutional and that it be preliminarily and permanently enjoined. 

Related Cases

  • Doe et al v. Trump et al (January 20, 2025) (Case No. 1:25-cv-10135)
  • Thien Le v. Donald J. Trump et al (January 20, 2025) (Case No. 8:25-cv-00104)
  • State of New Jersey et al v. Donald J. Trump et al (January 21, 2025) (Case No. 1:25-cv-10139)
  • Casa Inc. et al v. Trump et al (January 21, 2025) (Case No. 8:25-cv-00201)
  • State of Washington et al v. Trump et al (January 21, 2025) (Case No. 2:25-cv-00127)
  • Franco Aleman et al v. Trump et al (January 24, 2025) (Case No. 2:25-cv-00163) (Closed January 27, 2025)
  • OCA - Asian Pacific American Advocates V. Rubio et al (January 30, 2025) (Case No. 1:25-cv-00287)
  • County of Santa Clara v. Trump et al (January 30, 2025) (Case No. 5:25-cv-00981)
  • New York Immigration Coalition et al v. Trump et al. (February 13, 2025) (Case No. 1:25-cv-01309)

Case Updates

  • The Court issued a preliminary injunction on February 10, 2025.
  • Defendant filed a motion to stay the preliminary injunctions granted in several related cases challenging EO 14160 with the U.S. Supreme Court on March 13, 2025.

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