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Protesters support birthright citizenship on May 15, 2025, outside of the Supreme Court in Washington. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

How citizenship chaos was averted, for now, by a class action injunction against Trump’s birthright citizenship order

The Supreme Court can still invalidate the newest national injunction and allow the order to go into effect anywhere it is not currently barred from doing so. That would create administrative chaos, the authors write.
The Constitution is clear that children born on U.S. soil automatically have U.S. citizenship, regardless of who their parents are. RichLegg/E+ via Getty Images

Trump’s attack on long‑standing principle of birthright citizenship stands, as Supreme Court sidesteps constitutional issue − for now

Since the earliest days of the nation, any person born on US soil is a US citizen. A new Supreme Court ruling limits judges’ ability to block Trump’s order.
Reparto de comida en una calle de Sao Paulo el 2 de junio de 2020. Shutterstock / Nelson Antoine

COVID‑19: Ninguna epidemia ha afectado más a los ricos que a los pobres

El argentino Diego Armus es historiador de la enfermedad y en esta entrevista reflexiona sobre la COVID-19, la incertidumbre y lo complejo que es gestionar una pandemia en contextos de pobreza y desigualdad social, característicos de América Latina. En esta región, donde las ciudades capitales están rodeadas por enormes círculos de pobreza, las estrategias sanitarias de las autoridades no pueden ser las mismas que se aplican en Europa. Sobre la aparición de una vacuna, Armus es cauto.
Some people are U.S. citizens at birth, like this baby born in California. Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock.com

Who is born a US citizen?

If upheld, a federal court ruling would solidify birthright citizenship as the law of the land, and overturn more than a century of federal refusal to grant American Samoans citizenship status.

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