From 22 Chinese women detained in 1874 for being ‘lewd and debauched’, experts point to a grim US tradition
One day after Donald Trump’s inauguration, five pregnant immigrant women – led by an asylum seeker from Venezuela – sued over the president’s executive order limiting automatic birthright citizenship, out of fear that their unborn children would be left stateless.
The case went before the supreme court, which sided with the Trump administration Friday by restricting the ability of federal judges to block the order.