What to know about the Supreme Court’s blockbuster birthright citizenship case

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! This week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in what could be one of the most significant cases of the 21st century: birthright citizenship. Before the Court is whether the Trump executive order that ends birthright citizenship complies with the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, after multiple judges blocked the order from … Read more

The Supreme Court will weigh Trump’s birthright citizenship order this week. Here’s what to know about the case.

Washington — The Supreme Court is set to convene Wednesday to consider the legality of President Trump’s executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship. The case is a major test of a key pillar of Mr. Trump’s immigration agenda and is the first in which the high court will weigh the legal merits of one … Read more

The birthright citizenship case at the Supreme Court hits close to home for this immigrant mother

WASHINGTON — One of the first things an Argentine emigre did after her son was born in Florida last year was get him a U.S. passport. She saw the passport as tangible evidence that he’s an American. But now people like her are in a legal fight over President Donald Trump’s executive order that would … Read more

Supreme Court prepares to review Trump executive order on birthright citizenship

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Supreme Court is poised to answer a fundamental constitutional question largely ignored for more than a century: Who qualifies as an American citizen? The justices on Wednesday will hold oral arguments to review President Donald Trump’s efforts to limit birthright citizenship in the U.S., a landmark case … Read more

Looking to limit birthright citizenship, Trump turns to an 1884 Supreme Court ruling against a Native American

WASHINGTON — In a moment that could take on new significance almost 150 years later, Omaha election official Charles Wilkins on April 5, 1880, refused to register John Elk to vote on the grounds that he was Native American, and therefore not an American citizen. Elk — believed to have been a member of what … Read more

Connecticut Dems demand IDs to recycle cans but reject GOP efforts to verify citizenship at polls

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Connecticut Democrats recently rushed through an emergency anti-fraud law requiring bottle redemption centers to collect a copy of a person’s driver’s license when they cash in more than 1,000 cans or bottles in a day — a document demand that Republicans say undercuts the party’s attacks on … Read more

GOP whip: ‘America-hating terrorists’ should lose citizenship under SCAM Act

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! House Majority Whip Tom Emmer says a string of recent terrorist attacks by naturalized citizens exposes serious flaws in U.S. immigration law, arguing it’s “more imperative now than ever” to pass the Stop Citizenship Abuse and Misrepresentation (SCAM) Act to allow the government to remove “America-hating terrorists” … Read more

Florida man stripped of U.S. citizenship after $3.8 million COVID-19 fraud scheme, judge rules

A Haitian-born man has been stripped of his U.S. citizenship after a federal judge in Florida found he defrauded COVID-19 relief programs out of millions of dollars and lied during the naturalization process, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith ordered the revocation of citizenship for Joff Stenn Wroy Philossaint, 25, of … Read more

GOP lawmakers promise bill to strip citizenship from terrorists after attacks tied to naturalized citizens

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., announced plans Thursday to introduce legislation allowing the U.S. to denaturalize and deport naturalized citizens who commit or support terrorism, as Republicans point to a recent string of attacks involving immigrants who obtained citizenship. On Thursday, Moore called out the “horrific pattern” of … Read more