Commentary: If there's no birthright citizenship, are you a citizen — and can you prove it?

Commentary: If there's no birthright citizenship, are you a citizen — and can you prove it?

One of President Donald Trump’s highest-profile actions so far -— his executive order rejecting “birthright citizenship” — is up for argument at the U.S. Supreme Court on May 15. That executive order says children born in the United States are…

Analysis: Overview of the Supreme Court arguments in birthright citizenship cases

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on May 15 in three cases challenging an executive order President Donald Trump signed on January 20 purporting to limit who is entitled to “birthright citizenship,” i.e., who automatically becomes a US citizen if and when they are born on US soil.

President Donald Trump’s government seeks to stop at all costs the children of foreigners born in the United States from obtaining citizenship, so its consular officers are detaining visitors who “abuse the immigration system” through so-called birth tourism. This, after the Republican leader’s proposal to remove citizenship from babies born in the country was arrested for analysis by the Supreme Court. Now, the Trump government is seeking to st…

According to the latest announcement from the US Embassy in China, "going to the US to give birth" will result in a total visa denial.

In a message disseminated through its official social media account, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico issued a clear warning to visa applicants: using a tourist visa with the primary intention of giving birth in the U.S. to obtain citizenship of the child will be a reason for immediate rejection. “U.S. consular officers are detaining foreign visitors who abuse the U.S. immigration system through ‘birth tourism’. If a visa applicant is trying to use a …