SOCIAL JUSTICE BLOG
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Birthright Citizenship: America’s Founding Promise Under Threat
On January 20th, 2025, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14160, titled “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” aiming to end birthright citizenship. In response, numerous civil rights groups, including the ACLU, the Asian Law Caucus, and the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, filed a class action lawsuit named Barbara v. Trump. The lawsuit, one of many pending cases on the issue, argues that EO 14160 is incongruent with the history and text of the 14th Amendment, Supreme Court case law, federal statute, and the understanding and practice of all three branches of the federal government for more than a hundred years.
Jeff Sessions Just Drew a Line Between Parent & Child, but What About You?
Jeff Sessions stood behind a podium—the welcoming blue of the Pacific glittering behind him, a gentle breeze ruffling his hair—and vowed to separate children from their parents. Directing his words to families immigrating across the southern border of the United States, he said, “If you are smuggling a child then we will prosecute you, and that child will be separated from you.” Separating children from their parents—unless absolutely necessary as in the case of abuse—is an immoral act.