The Trump administration has unveiled plans to remove legal immigrants from the US, including by canceling green cards and “denaturalizing” some US citizens, after an Afghan national who entered the country in 2021 was accused of shooting two members of the West Virginia National Guard.

NPR's Lauren Frayer speaks to immigration attorney Mariam Masumi about President Trump's vowed crackdowns on Afghans and other immigrants following the shooting of 2 National Guard members in DC.

It was not a philosophical exercise or an abstract appeal. It was the plea of a U.S.-born citizen confronted with a government that suddenly decided his rights were conditional. His question endures because it captures a recurring conflict in the nation’s history.

President Trump’s efforts to end birthright citizenship have not taken place in a vacuum. They are part of a growing pattern of incumbent leaders strategically changing who is allowed to vote and jeopardizing the quality of democracy in the process.

A federal court in Massachusetts granted a sexual assault survivor’s motion to enjoin the Department of Homeland Security from instituting a policy that allows ICE to execute an order of removal of an immigrant without asking Citizenship & Immigration Services whether the immigrant’s U visa application is genuine.

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