The Supreme Court upheld the 156-year-old law, pushing Trump to be a US citizen if he was born in America

Within 24 hours of entering the White House for the second time, US President Donald Trump started the process of changing the country’s 156-year-old citizenship law. He also signed a government directive in this regard. Although he strongly pushed the US Supreme Court. The court upheld the 150-year-old rule of citizenship by birth.

Birthright citizenship is called ‘jus soli’ in US law. It is actually a Latin word. It means ‘soil rights’. According to the US Constitution, every child born there will be given natural citizenship. Even if the child’s parents are citizens of another country, the child will still be a US citizen by birth. The initiative to change this old citizenship policy was part of one of the most important political programs of the Trump administration. However, the constitutional validity of this order was questioned from the beginning.

Needless to say, Trump, who came to power with the slogan ‘American First’, is in favor of a strict immigration policy. He felt that, in the changed circumstances, it was necessary to amend the Citizenship Act of 1868. During the election campaign, Trump repeatedly claimed that the country’s immigration problem is increasing because of birthright citizenship. On the other hand, immigration rights activists, legal experts and several US states went to court against the order. They claimed that birthright citizenship is a right protected by the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, which cannot be changed by a mere presidential decree.

The US Supreme Court practically accepted this statement. Needless to say, the Trump administration’s strict immigration policy suffered a major setback following the Supreme Court order.