The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of an executive order that cancels the automatic granting of citizenship by birthright. This is reported by Glavkom, citing CNN.
Solicitor General John Sauer stated that the lower court's decision, which blocked the president's order, undermined the security of American borders and canceled a key administration policy. Sauer insists that courts 'without legal grounds are granting American citizenship to hundreds of thousands of individuals who do not have the right to it.'
The Trump administration also argues that the landmark Supreme Court decision in the case of 'U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark' from 1898, which established the right to citizenship for those born in the U.S., has been incorrectly interpreted. They believe that this decision only concerned the children of immigrants who had a 'permanent residence' in the country, rather than all individuals born on U.S. soil.
The executive order signed in January by Trump, titled 'Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,' prohibits granting citizenship to children whose parents were in the U.S. illegally or on temporary visas at the time of their birth.
Summary: The Trump administration has approached the Supreme Court wishing to review the constitutionality of the order rescinding automatic citizenship by birthright. They claim that the lower court's decision violates the security of the country's borders and undermines a key policy of the administration.