Children/Youth

On January 20, 2025, the same day President Trump issued an Executive Order that strips certain children born in the United States of birthright citizenship, several immigrant rights’ organizations (the ACLU, ACLU of New Hampshire, ACLU of Maine, ACLU of Massachusetts, Asian Law Caucus, State...

On January 21, 2025, a group of states—Washington, Arizona, Illinois, and Oregon—filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s executive order seeking to deny birthright citizenship to children born in the United States if, at the time of the child’s birth, (1) their mother was either “unlawfully...

Nine immigrant youth and legal service providers CARECEN-NY and Centro Legal de La Raza filed this class action lawsuit challenging the federal government’s end to the Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) Deferred Action Policy. The SIJS Deferred Action Policy was established in 2022 to allow...

On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) that strips certain children born in the United States of birthright citizenship, which was initially set to go into effect on February 19, 2025. The order declares that a child who is born in the United States is not a citizen if...

This is the appeal of the district court’s preliminary injunction of President Trump’s attempt to deny birthright citizenship to certain children of immigrants born in the United States. On March 13, the government appealed to the Supreme Court seeking a partial stay of the district court's...