Trump birthright citizenship order faces immediate lawsuit
Donald Trump signing an executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship in the U.S. (Forbes).

Donald Trump signing an executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship in the U.S. (Forbes).

Shortly after taking the oath of office for his second term, President Donald Trump issued a new executive order that drew a lot of controversy. This order aims to put an end to the right of birthright citizenship for babies born in the U.S. to non-citizen parents, a right that is protected by the Constitution. As soon as the order was announced, a lawsuit was filed in an attempt to stop it from being enforced.

In line with a promise he made during his election campaign, the order instructs key government officials to stop granting citizenship to children born in the U.S. to parents who are either undocumented immigrants or in the country on a temporary legal status. This directive is to take effect 30 days after the order was signed.

From the order:

The essence of the order’s policy is that no U.S. government department or agency is to recognize or accept documents that confer U.S. citizenship to individuals in certain circumstances. These circumstances include instances where a person’s mother was illegally in the U.S. and the father was not a citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of the person’s birth, or when the mother was lawfully present but on a temporary basis while the father was not a citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of birth.

As he signed the order in front of a large number of reporters, Trump said of birthright citizenship, “We have to end it. We’re the only country that has it.” In fact, dozens of countries, including Mexico and Canada, allow for jus soli (“right of the soil”), the legal principle of granting citizenship based solely on an individual’s place of birth.

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