Trump’s new executive order to limit the scope of birth tourism
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. WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a new executive order targeting the practice of citizenship by entering the United States for tourism purposes, as part of his campaign to further limit the scope of birthright citizenship.
} The Trump administration has introduced a new policy after the US Supreme Court earlier blocked the implementation of his birthright order holding it unconstitutional.
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, President Trump claimed that the system of birthright citizenship is being misused.TAG_OPEN_div_28 He said the Supreme Court’s recent decision was “very unfortunate”, saying the ruling had been made a laughing stock by many. He said that the administration has been adjusting the policy within the legal limits after the court’s decision.
According to Stephen Miller, a senior adviser to President Trump, the purpose of the new order is to further limit the right to birthright citizenship.TAG_OPEN_div_26 He said the goal was to exclude certain categories of people, including the children of people associated with foreign terrorist organizations and those who lobby or work for foreign governments. He claimed that a large number of people who have been wrongly getting citizenship by birth so far will not be eligible for citizenship in the future.
In another executive order issued by the Trump administration, children born to parents who are living in the US illegally or on temporary visas will not automatically be eligible for US citizenship.TAG_OPEN_div_24 But the lower court blocked the ruling on the grounds of the 14th Amendment’s citizenship law. The court ruled that most people born on US soil have a constitutional right to citizenship by birth.
The Supreme Court also upheld the lower court’s decision. The majority opinion, authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, was seconded by two conservative justices and three liberal justices. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides that “all persons born or lawfully naturalized in the United States and subject to U.S. jurisdiction shall be citizens of the United States.”
However, there is a legal provision that does not apply to persons who do not fall under U.S. jurisdiction, such as the children of foreign diplomats.TAG_OPEN_div_20 Under US immigration law, a consular officer can deny a visa if a person is determined to travel to the United States with the sole purpose of obtaining citizenship by having children.
The Trump administration has argued that the 14th Amendment, which was introduced after the Civil War of 1861-1865 to guarantee citizenship rights for former slaves, is not intended to grant birthright to the children of undocumented immigrants or temporary immigrants.TAG_OPEN_div_18 The administration has explained that people who are in the US illegally or on temporary visas are not subject to the “jurisdiction” set out in the US Constitution.
The Trump administration’s latest attempt to curtail birthright is seen as a continuation of his tough immigration policy.TAG_OPEN_div_16 Under this campaign, the policy of expelling millions of undocumented immigrants, removing deportation protections for citizens of different countries and tightening the immigration system has been forwarded.
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