Legal Action
County of Santa Clara v. Trump
Filed in: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Summary
The County of Santa Clara, California sued the Trump-Vance administration in an attempt to block President Trump’s Executive Order 14160, which denies birthright citizenship to children born in the U.S. whose parents are not citizens or lawful permanent residents. The plaintiff argues that this order directly violates the 14th Amendment, which guarantees birthright citizenship, as well as the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Administrative Procedure Act. The plaintiff requests that the court declare the order unlawful and prevent it from being enforced.
Plaintiffs
- County of Santa Clara
Plaintiffs' Counsel
- County of Santa Clara
Defendants
- President Donald J. Trump
- U.S. Department of Justice
- Acting Attorney General James McHenry
- U.S. Department of State
- Secretary Marco Rubio
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Secretary Kristi Noem
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
- Acting Director Jennifer B. Higgins
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Acting Secretary Dorothy Fink
- Acting Administrator Jeff Wu
- U.S. Social Security Administration
- Acting Commissioner Michelle King
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Acting Secretary Matthew Ammon
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Acting Secretary Gary Washington
- United States of America
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services