ACLU Challenges Trump's Citizenship Order | Salt Lake City News

Salt Lake City News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 11, 2026 · 1m

The ACLU is waging a fierce legal battle against Trump’s new executive order targeting birthright citizenship, arguing it’s unconstitutional and cruel — especially since the Supreme Court already struck down his previous attempt. This time, the order narrows its scope to children of foreign government workers, terrorists, and foreign lobbyists, but the ACLU insists no one should be denied citizenship through executive fiat. They’re asking the same judge who previously upheld their case to clarify that such orders can’t override constitutional rights — and the Justice Department remains silent…