The courts will likely strike down Donald Trump's birthright order, a legal analyst has told Newsweek. Newsweek sought email comment from the White House on Wednesday. Trump's executive order against birthright citizenship faces several legal battles in the courts.

One of the many executive orders President Donald Trump signed on Monday included one to end birthright citizenship. Here's what to know about it and why lawsuits have already been filed.

President Donald Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship, a move to cut off a longstanding constitutional right that could leave hundreds of thousands of Texas children without legal status. The move has been questioned by legal scholars and it has already drawn lawsuits from the American Civil Liberties Union and a coalition of Democratic-led states.

President Donald Trump has moved to end a decades-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship, ordering the cancellation of the constitutional guarantee that U.S.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict birthright citizenship could have significant repercussions for Texas and other border states that have large numbers of immigrants in the country legally and illegally.

Eighteen states have sued the federal government over the executive order, showing the legal challenges the president will face.

The executive order restricts automatic citizenship for babies born to parents who aren't citizens or lawful, permanent residents.

Attorneys general from 18 states sued to block President Donald Trump’s move to end a decades-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children are citizens r