Trump in addition to this, signed an executive order withdrawing his country from the World Health Organization (WHO)
By Kehinde Okeowo
United States President, Donald Trump on Monday night signed an executive order ending birthright citizenship in his country.
He did so while accenting to a flurry of executive orders and issuing sweeping pardons for some 1,500 January 6 insurrection defendants.
Such a move, though, is expected to face significant legal hurdles.
However, the move is expected to end birthright citizenship in the US, despite broad legal consensus that the Constitution guarantees American citizenship to nearly everyone born on US soil.
Trump’s order directs federal agencies to refuse to recognize US citizenship for children born in the US to mothers who are in the country illegally or here legally on visas, if the father is not a US citizen or lawful permanent resident.
The order would deny US citizenship, including passports, to those children born in the US starting 30 days from now, if at least one parent isn’t an American citizen or green card holder.
The Supreme Court ruled more than a century ago that children born in the US to foreign parents are US citizens under the 14th Amendment.
The only legally recognized exception to the judgment applies when both parents are diplomats with immunity from US laws.
Trump in addition to this, signed an executive order withdrawing his country from the World Health Organization (WHO).
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