citizenship · law · court (гражданство · право · суд)
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that children born in the United States automatically have the right to citizenship, overturning a Trump administration executive order that sought to deny birthright citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants. The court determined that the 14th Amendment's guarantee of citizenship for all persons born in the U.S. remains valid.
Consensus
- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that children born in the United States automatically have the right to citizenship.
- The Trump administration had issued an executive order attempting to revoke birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants.
- The court's decision was based on the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Points of divergence
- Donald Trump had previously called the high rate of births to undocumented women 'madness' and sought to combat so-called 'birth tourism.' — kommersant
- In 2019, U.S. authorities arrested several Chinese citizens for allegedly helping undocumented immigrants obtain citizenship through birth tourism. — kommersant
- Since 2020, the State Department has been able to deny short-term visas if it suspects that applicants are seeking them solely for childbirth. — kommersant
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