Ending birthright citizenship, increasing oil drilling, and leaving WHO are just a few bills the state’s Republicans pushed in Congress this month.
WASHINGTON — Falling in line with President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship, House Republicans on Thursday unveiled legislation that would amend federal immigration law to narrow the scope of citizenship, although the right is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.
Trump’s order targeting the Constitution’s 14th Amendment was hit with several legal challenges by Democratic attorneys general and was blocked by a federal judge Thursday afternoon. However, the Birthright Citizenship Act, introduced by House Science, Space, and Technology Chairman Brian Babin (R-TX), seeks to make the president’s order permanent.
House Republicans are pushing a new bill to limit birthright citizenship to babies born with at least one parent who is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship on Thursday, calling the order "blatantly unconstitutional."
The move comes just as Trump’s attempt to cut off the longstanding constitutional right through an executive order drew immediate legal challenges this week.
Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship raises some important questions regarding the interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Washignton - President Donald Trumps executive order to end birthright citizenship in the US has ignited a legal and political debate raising qu
Some House Republicans are frustrated with a lack of progress in the reconciliation process, but leadership says the conference is right on schedule.
Legal experts say the undocumented population would grow and that all Americans would be impacted if Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship takes effect.
Congressional Hispanic Caucus members, including Texans, forcefully pushed back Thursday on immigration actions President Donald Trump has taken during his first days in office. Members of the Democratic group demanded a seat at the table for further policy changes and said Trump’s early moves are threatening farmworkers,