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President Donald TrumpThe administration was imposed on a new legal loss by a federal court of appeal for its decree concerning citizenship of the dawn on Wednesday.
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Why it matters
The decision of the American Court of Appeal for the 9th Circuit marked an important setback for President Trump’s efforts to redefine American citizenship rules. Trump’s executive action seeks to prevent children born on American soil from automatically receiving citizenship if no parent was an American citizen or legal permanent resident at the time of birth.
Wednesday’s decision of the Court of Appeal has strengthened the long-standing interpretation of the 14th amendment, making citizenship of the birth law accessible to almost all persons born in the United States, regardless of the legal status of their parents.
What to know
Judge Ronald Gould, writing the opinion for the Court, said that Trump’s executive order “contradicts the clear language of the granting of citizenship of the fourteenth amendment”.
The decision added: “The district court has correctly concluded that the interpretation proposed by the decree, refusing citizenship to many people born in the United States, is unconstitutional. We fully agree.”
In an executive order Published the day Trump was inaugurated, the president said that “the fourteenth amendment has never been interpreted as extending citizenship universally to all those born in the United States. The fourteenth amendment has always excluded people from citizenship of birth law who were born in the United States, but not” subjected to the jurisdiction “” “
This is a development story that will be updated with additional information.
