GOP Texas U.S. Rep. Brian Babin is seeking to end the misuse of birthright citizenship through a piece of legislation

Legal experts say the undocumented population would grow and that all Americans would be impacted if Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship takes effect.

WASHINGTON — Falling in line with President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship, House Republicans on Thursday unveiled legislation that would amend federal immigration law to narrow the scope of citizenship, although the right is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.

WASHINGTON – Congressional Hispanic Caucus members, including Texans, forcefully pushed back Thursday on immigration actions President Donald Trump has taken during his first days in office. Members of the Democratic group demanded a seat at the table for further policy changes and said Trump’s early moves are threatening farmworkers,

Trump’s order targeting the Constitution’s 14th Amendment was hit with several legal challenges by Democratic attorneys general and was blocked by a federal judge Thursday afternoon. However, the Birthright Citizenship Act, introduced by House Science, Space, and Technology Chairman Brian Babin (R-TX), seeks to make the president’s order permanent.

House Republicans are pushing a new bill to limit birthright citizenship to babies born with at least one parent who is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship on Thursday, calling the order "blatantly unconstitutional."

According to the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, around 412,000 undocumented immigrants resided in the city as of 2022. Approximately 229,000 migrants arrived in the city beginning in that year, though fewer than 51,000 still reside in city-supported shelter.

After a series of Trump executive orders to strengthen the border, Republican congressmen are gearing up to codify them into law.

A group of congressional republicans introduced a bill on Thursday that they said would codify President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship executive order.

On Monday, Trump issued several directives declaring an emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border, designating international drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, suspending asylum indefinitely, and directing various federal agencies to expand their immigration enforcement efforts.