Judge: Texas can deny birth certificates for U.S.-born children of some immigrants

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Judge: Texas can deny birth certificates for U.S.-born children of some immigrants

Molly Hennessy-FiskeContact Reporter Reporting from Houston

 

A federal judge ruled Friday that Texas officials can continue to deny U.S. birth certificates to the children of immigrants who cannot supply required identification because they entered the country illegally.

 

Though children born in the United States are entitled by law to U.S. citizenship regardless of the immigration status of their parents, Texas authorities have been placing significant barriers to immigrants who have entered the country illegally and are seeking birth certificates for their U.S.-born children.