By Special to El Paso Matters, El Paso Matters Being born in the United States means you are a U.S. citizen. This has been cemented in U.S. history, written into the Constitution in the 14th Amendment and upheld over the years since.

Ricardo Moya This right is integral to the fabric of our nation. However, for the first time in over 150 years, there has been a very real challenge to the legitimacy of this fact. In January, President Trump signed an executive order claiming that children born in the United States without at least one citizen or lawful permanent resident parent are not U.S. citizens.  Federal courts have blocked the order nationwide, but in June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that district courts overstepped their authority by issuing nationwide injunctions, and sent the bi

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