Legal Action
State of New Jersey v. Trump
Filed in: U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Summary
A group of U.S. states, along with the District of Columbia and the City and County of San Francisco, sued the Trump-Vance administration to block Executive Order 14160, which denies birthright citizenship to children born in the U.S. whose parents are not citizens or lawful permanent residents. The plaintiffs argued that this order violates the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, which establishes birthright citizenship.
Plaintiffs
- State of New Jersey
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- State of California
- State of Colorado
- State of Connecticut
- State of Delaware
- District of Columbia
- State of Hawai'i
- State of Maine
- State of Maryland
- Michigan Attorney General
- State of Minnesota
- State of Nevada
- State of New Mexico
- State of New York
- State of North Carolina
- State of Rhode Island
- State of Vermont
- State of Wisconsin
- City & County of San Francisco
Plaintiffs' Counsel
- New Jersey Attorney General
- Massachusetts Attorney General
- California Attorney General
- Colorado Attorney General
- Connecticut Attorney General
- Delaware Attorney General
- DC Attorney General
- Hawai'i Attorney General
- Maine Attorney General
- Maryland Attorney General
- Michigan Attorney General
- Minnesota Attorney General
- Nevada Attorney General
- New Mexico Attorney General
- New York Attorney General
- North Carolina Attorney General
- Rhode Island Attorney General
- Vermont Attorney General
- Wisconsin Attorney General
- City & County of San Francisco
Defendants
- President Donald J. Trump
- Secretary Marco Rubio
- U.S. Department of State
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Acting Secretary Benjamine Huffman
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Acting Secretary Dorothy Fink
- U.S. Social Security Administration
- Acting Commissioner Michelle King
- United States of America