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Civil rights, immigrant advocates sue over Trump birthright citizenship order

Immigrant and civil rights advocates, including the American Civil Liberties Union, filed a lawsuit against a birthright citizenship executive order signed by Republican U.S. President Donald Trump after taking office on Jan. 20.

President Donald Trump is seen before he addresses guests and supporters in an overflow room in Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol for his Inauguration ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Monday, January 20, 2025. Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS / Reuters

Immigrant and civil rights advocates, including the American Civil Liberties Union, filed a lawsuit against a birthright citizenship executive order signed by Republican U.S. President Donald Trump after taking office on Jan. 20.

"Immigrants' rights advocates today sued the Trump administration over its executive order that seeks to strip certain babies born in the United States of their U.S. citizenship," the advocates said in a statement that called the order unconstitutional.

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