The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it plans to issue an interim final rule on September 9, 2026, effective September 4, 2026, to allow certain children born in the United States to foreign government employees who are not U.S. citizens to...
Topic: birthright citizenship
District Court Judge Rules Against Trump in Birthright Citizenship Case
On September 2, 2026, in CASA, Inc., v. Trump, a U.S. district judge in Maryland ruled against President Trump’s latest Executive Order 14418, issued August 6, 2026, that once again attempts to limit birthright citizenship. The court said that the order “is almost...
President Trump Signs New Executive Orders Limiting Birthright Citizenship
Following defeat in the Supreme Court on constitutional grounds of a presidential order limiting birthright citizenship, President Trump signed two new executive orders on August 6, 2026, to limit birthright citizenship for those he deems not to “fall within the rule...
Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted by the Los Angeles Times on Supreme Court Immigration Ruling
In Even Without Birthright Citizenship, Supreme Court Co-Signs Much of Trump’s Immigration Agenda, Steve notes, “Despite this seemingly historic loss, the Trump administration is winning its war on immigrants.”
Steve Yale-Loehr Featured in National Coverage of Supreme Court Immigration Rulings
What to Know About the Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Order (New York Times): “Despite this seemingly historic loss, the Trump administration is winning its war on immigrants. As a result, the United States has net-negative migration for the first time in 50...
Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship
On June 30, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Trump v. Barbara that children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States and are citizens at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment’s...
USA Today: Steve Yale-Loehr Highlights Constitutional Stakes of Birthright Citizenship Debate
In Trump Wants to Define Who is an American. Will Supreme Court Let Him? Steve noted that President Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship is one of more than 500 policy changes in his second administration that are among the most sweeping immigration...
Roll Call: Steve Yale-Loehr Warns of Impact in Birthright Citizenship Case
In Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments on Future of Birthright Citizenship, Steve said that upholding President Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship would represent a “diminution of congressional power” because Congress is supposed to have authority over...
BBC: Steve Yale-Loehr on Supreme Court Skepticism in Birthright Citizenship Challenge
In the article, U.S. Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of U.S. Birthright Citizenship Challenge, Steve notes, “The court does not like to rule on constitutional issues if it doesn’t have to. The court could argue that the Trump executive order is invalid on statutory...
Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on Birthright Citizenship
On April 1, 2026, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara on President Trump’s bid to eliminate “birthright citizenship” for children of undocumented and temporary foreign nationals in the United States. Under the executive order being challenged,...
