ACLU Sues Trump Over Order Ending Birthright Citizenship

The order violates the U.S. Constitution, the lawsuit alleges.

President Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship at the White House, on Jan. 20, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Groups sued President Donald Trump and his administration on Jan. 20 over his order ending birthright citizenship for certain individuals born in the United States in the future.

The groups say the order violates the U.S. Constitution’s citizenship clause, which states that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.”