On his first day in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order limiting birthright U.S. citizenship.
Children born in the US after 30 days of the order will no longer receive automatic citizenship if:
- their mother was in the country illegally and their father had no citizenship or permanent resident status;
- the mother was in the United States temporarily (for example, on a tourist or student visa), and the father did not have citizenship or permanent status.
The decree does not apply retroactively and only applies to future cases. The text also clarifies that the “mother” is a woman and the “father” is a man.
Birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. Amendments to the Constitution require a majority vote in Congress followed by ratification by three-quarters of the states.
According to lawyers, Trump’s decree will be challenged in court as unconstitutional.
Obviously, knowing this, the new US President writes in his decree not about repeal, but about the “wrong” interpretation of the amendment, in his opinion.
Source: Racurs
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