US Supreme Court to hear birthright citizenship case
The US Supreme Court will keep legal hold on President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship, but has agreed to hear the case on May 15, the court announced.
Trump issued an executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for the children of people who are in the US illegally or on temporary visas.
The move has been halted by three district courts around the country, while appeals courts have allowed those rulings.
The Trump administration then appealed the case to the Supreme Court on March 13.
The right to citizenship by birth was enshrined in the US constitution soon after the Civil War and it stipulates that anyone born on US soil is an American citizen, regardless of their parents citizenship or residency status.
Source : https://www.dw.com/en/trump-says-100-confident-of-us-trade-deal-with-eu/live-72269083