A new executive order by President Trump, aimed at limiting birthright citizenship, could create a crisis of stateless children, particularly for asylum-seekers from countries without diplomatic ties with the U.S. The order complicates the citizenship process for children born to parents from countries like Venezuela, where the lack of an embassy makes it difficult to register the child's citizenship. Legal experts are divided on the order's clarity and whether asylum-seekers may still be eligible for birthright citizenship.
The situation could be particularly complicated for asylum-seekers from countries like Venezuela, which doesn't have diplomatic ties with the U.S. Trump signed Monday, titled Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship, attempts to limit birthright citizenship to people who have at least one parent who is a United States citizen or permanent resident.
Two experts explain the origins of birthright citizenship and what it would take to change it in the US. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly“We will most likely have a crisis of thousands of stateless children born in the U.S., not only from Venezuela, but from any immigrant that gives birth and their country does not have an embassy in the U.S.,” said Juan De la Vega, an immigration attorney in Miami.
The lawsuit against Trump, which was filed Tuesday by Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project, CASA, Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown Law, also includes pregnant women from Honduras and Russia, countries with a diplomatic presence in the U.S.But even for them this could still be a problem, because requesting a passport for a U.S.
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