Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by Newsday in Trump Signing Executive Orders on Immigration That Will Trigger Fear, Legal Challenges, Immigrant Advocates Say. Although the Supreme Court has not explicitly decided whether children of persons living in the United States without authorization are entitled to birthright citizenship, similar cases have ruled that those children are automatically U.S. citizens, he said. “Of all of the expected immigration orders, that one is the most likely to be struck down by the courts.” He said that even if President Trump is unsuccessful in court, the orders “will cause chaos and fear among immigrants. And that may be the main point if he hopes that people will self-deport back to their home countries.”
