Supreme Court to hear Trump birthright citizenship order case

Supreme Court on Friday He said he would hear the arguments.No case This will determine whether President Donald Trump can roll back automatic citizenship for people born in the United States.

Trump released a statement on the first day of his return to the White House on January 20. executive order It was stated that babies born in the USA more than 30 days after this decision are not given the right to be issued a citizenship certificate if their parents are temporary visitors or illegal immigrants.

There was little controversy before Trump’s order. 14th Amendment to the US ConstitutionIt meant that, with rare exceptions, children born in the country would automatically become U.S. citizens regardless of their parents’ status.

The Citizenship Clause in that amendment says: “Everyone born or naturalized in the United States of America and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States is a citizen of the United States.”

The Supreme Court, which is expected to rule next year, will decide whether Trump’s executive order complies with this change.

The order told federal agencies to refuse to recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States if their mother “is unlawfully present in the United States and the person’s father was not a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States at the time of that person’s birth” or if the baby’s “mother’s presence in the United States is lawful but temporary and the person’s father is not a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States at the time.”

Several federal district court judges found Trump’s order violated the Constitution, and two federal district appeals courts upheld injunctions blocking the order from going into effect.