Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
1-2025
Abstract
This article analyzes the nuances of Trump's Day One executive order restricting the grant of birthright citizenship only to children whose parents possess either a green card or U.S. citizenship. The article discusses the constitutional impediments to this executive order, as well as prior caselaw and academic articles, positing that the executive order stands on rather shaky ground constitutionally.
Recommended Citation
Hommel, Kristin, "BIG WORDS, QUESTIONABLE LEGALITY: CONSTITUTIONAL IMPEDIMENTS TO RESTRICTING BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP" (2025). Immigration Law Blog. 10.
https://elibrary.law.psu.edu/ilsblog/10
