Hyderabad: The U.S. Supreme Court held an emergency hearing on Thursday to consider President Donald Trump’s executive order to end the birthright citizenship of children born to American parents.
Trump’s move has attracted widespread attention from Indian immigrants, especially those on temporary visas and holding undocumented status, as it may directly affect the citizenship of their children.
Nine Supreme Court judges who heard this argument appeared during the litigation process. Nearly 22 states challenged his order after Trump signed the executive order, and three different district courts invalidated his order.
The District Court and other statewide courts issued a national injunction on Trump’s order, which was discussed in detail in the Supreme Court on Tuesday. A Supreme Court judge, together with Deputy Attorney General D. John Sauer, considered the order and its impact on people.
Judge barbecue on the consequences of Trump’s orders. Justice Brett Kavanaugh asked Sauer: “What does hospitals do for newborns? How do states deal with newborns?” Sauer said in his reply: “Federal officials must figure it out.” When pressing further, he simply said, “We just don’t know.”
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said: “Your argument seems to turn our judicial system into a bondage to me, and if you are a regime, everyone must have a lawyer and file a lawsuit so that the government can stop violating people’s rights.”
Although liberals warn that restricting these bans could lead to inconsistent enforcement of the laws by states, potentially forming a patchwork of citizenship standards. Even the conservative justices did not seem to fully support the nationwide ban, which left room for executive orders to avoid dying on their tracks.
Citizenship that eliminates birthrights has caused a major sensation in immigration to the United States and India. Many Indian nationals live in the United States on H-1B visas or other temporary identities, usually accompanied by their families. The prospect of their birth of children being denied citizenship introduces uncertainty and concern.
Kathi Deepa, a seven-month-old pregnant woman from Hyderabad, currently living in California, said: “The whole argument surrounding President Trump’s order is unbalanced. They are clearly inconsistent with the 14 Amendment, which will automatically grant citizens to anyone born on U.S. land.”
She added: “The Supreme Court has made a ruling in the 1980s, stating that children born in the United States are U.S. citizens regardless of who the parents are and where they come from. The court will determine all of this and will support us.”
