Immigration

Top Minnesota attorney: Birthright citizenship suit against Trump just the beginning
A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship two days after Minnesota joined 21 other states in a lawsuit to challenge it. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison discussed his strategy.
Trump order halting refugee resettlement disrupting Minnesota agencies’ efforts
Officials with refugee resettlement agencies in Minnesota say Trump’s executive order halting the Refugee Admissions Program is disrupting efforts to bring people facing strife in their home countries to the U.S. and to the state.
Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement
The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration.
U.S. throws out policies limiting arrests of migrants at sensitive locations like schools, churches
Officers enforcing immigration laws will now be able to arrest migrants at sensitive locations like schools and churches after the Trump administration threw out policies limiting where those arrests could happen.
Minnesota and other states sue to stop Trump’s order blocking birthright citizenship
Attorneys general from 22 states have sued to block President Donald Trump’s move to end a century-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents’ status.
Trump to make historic move towards revoking birthright citizenship
Trump wants to reinterpret the phrasing of the 14th Amendment to mean that the federal government would not recognize automatic birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents without legal status.