Are Native Americans citizens by birthright? Government lawyer can’t say.

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Gorsuch asks Sauer if Native Americans are birthright citizens

Solicitor General D. John Sauer seemed to struggle when pressed by Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch on Wednesday on whether ...

Trump Lawyer Struggles with Supreme Court's Question About Whether Native Americans Are Birthright Citizens: 'Uh, I Think So?'

The justices appeared largely unmoved by the government's argument that President Donald Trump’s executive order to end ...
Oregonian

Trump’s nominee for DHS head would be second Native American to lead a federal agency

WASHINGTON — President Donald J. Trump has replaced Kristi Noem with Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin as the next U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. Trump made the announcement on Truth Social ...

Looking to limit birthright citizenship, Trump turns to an 1884 ruling against a Native American

Defending birthright citizenship changes, President Donald Trump's administration is citing an 1884 Supreme Court case called ...
Times of San Diego

Native Americans are increasingly getting swept up by ICE

A series of turquoise signs along southbound U.S. 89 near Tuba City, Arizona, proclaims the Navajo Nation’s resiliency. (File photo by Sierra Alvarez/Cronkite News) As Immigration and Customs ...
Homeland Security Today

Native American and Alaska Native Federal Contracting Preferences: What the Law Provides and What’s Changing

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs oversight hearing entitled "Economic Self-Determination in Action: Examining the Small Business Administration Native 8(a) Program," on Feb. 10, 2026 (Source: ...
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Native Americans are increasingly getting swept up by ICE

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity surges nationwide under President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign, some Native Americans have been detained alongside immigrants. And while ...