What Nonprofits Need to Know About Birthright Citizenship's Legal Limbo - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly %
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The ongoing legal battles surrounding Executive Order 14160 threaten to eliminate birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to non-permanent residents. This action violates the Fourteenth Amendment and could create a class of stateless children. In light of this, nonprofit organizations are called to prepare for legal and humanitarian impacts affecting immigrant families. Although courts, including those appointed by Republican presidents, have temporarily blocked the order, its constitutional validity remains unresolved, highlighting ongoing risks to civil rights for vulnerable populations.
Executive Order 14160 aims to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to parents without permanent legal status.
You are creating a subclass of children, who technically don't have a country to call home.
Multiple courts-including judges appointed by Republican presidents-have already blocked enforcement of the executive order, calling it unconstitutional.
If the Supreme Court ultimately finds the executive order constitutional, the consequences will ripple across communities, creating a new class of children.
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