Trump faces lawsuit over push to limit birthright citizenship

Despite previous Supreme Court ruling, Trump has sought new approach to limit the long-standing practice.Washington, DC – Rights organisations have launched a legal challenge to United States President Donald Trump’s latest efforts to restrict which infants born in the country are automatically granted birthright citizenship.The groups, which had successfully defeated Trump’s earlier efforts to more broadly end so-called birthright citizenship at the US Supreme Court, launched the latest challenge on Tuesday at a federal court in the US state of New Hampshire.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3At 250, America is still deciding who belongslist 2 of 3US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship: Who wins, who loses?list 3 of 3Despite marquee losses, Supreme Court term grows Trump’s presidential powerend of listThat came days after Trump signed two new executive orders on the subject, one of which sought to expand narrow categories within the US Constitution’s 14th Amendment that already deemed some individuals ineligible for automatic citizenship upon birth. The other order called on the heads of the Department of State and Homeland Security to take measures to stop the practice of mothers travelling to the US for the sole purpose of giving birth, known as “birth tourism”.The groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Legal Defense Fund, Asian Law Caucus, and Democracy Defenders Fund, argued that the Supreme Court’s June decision striking down Trump’s previous attempt to restrict birthright citizenship precluded any “revision” of the current exceptions under both the US Constitution and previous Supreme Court rulings.“The Supreme Court could not have been more clear: President Trump’s attempt to redefine who is an American citizen through executive action was unconstitutional,” said Amia Trigg, deputy director of litigation at the Legal Defense Fund.