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So, we have to have quality people coming in. Now by doing that, we're expanding businesses and that takes care of everybody. So I'm sort of on both sides of the argument, but what I really do feel is that we have to let really competent people, great people, come into our country. And we do that through the H-1B programme,
Trump added, as reported by news agency PTI
I like both sides of the argument, but I also like very competent people coming into our country, even if that involves them training and helping other people that may not have the qualifications they do ... But I don't want to stop -- and I'm not just talking about engineers, I'm talking about people at all levels."
During an event along with Oracle CTO Larry Ellison, Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son, and Open AI CEO Sam Altman, US President Donald Trump said ... Trump said, and addedThe executive order is far more sweeping than many analysts had expected. It goes so far as to prohibit US citizenship for children born to people living in the United States on temporary work, student, or tourist visas. This will affect lakhs of Indian nationals residing in the US, not least children of H-1B visa holders and those waiting in the lengthy queue for permanent residency,
Vaishnav said
The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was introduced in the wake of the Civil War to establish that all persons born in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction are U.S. citizens, and to guarantee equal rights to all citizens and equal protection of the laws to all persons under U.S. jurisdiction. It is the cornerstone of civil rights in the United States, and a direct response to previous legal precedent that restricted who could be a citizen and who was a slave,
it saidAll persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
The citizenship clause of the Constitution reads
It's going to have a huge impact on our immigration system because it's going to close loopholes that exploit birthright citizenship, and discourage illegal immigration and end the misuse of this really, this completely misinterpreted privilege,
Babin saidI welcome this lawsuit because we have to get this into the U.S. Supreme Court. It's probably going to take several years for this to wind its way through the court system. But we want the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on this and give us a final ruling, because it has been misinterpreted."
Babin saidIt's ridiculous. We're the only country in the world that does this with birthright, as you know. And it's just absolutely ridiculous. But, you know, we'll say we think we have very good grounds. Certain people have wanted to do this for decades,
Trump told reporters
Donald Trump plans to try and end birthright citizenship via executive order. He can't. The 14th Amendment is very clear on this, as is Supreme Court precedent."
Mehdi Hasan, editor-in-chief and CEO of the media company Zeteo, wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday
Talk of rescinding birthright citizenship is just that: Talk. Presidents can't rescind it, because the Constitution expressly guarantees it. The Constitution's text reflects a basic American principle: Being born here comes with citizenship. Any executive order won't survive the court fights."
Thomas Wolf, a constitutional expert, wrote on Bluesky on Monday
It is really important that it's a vision of citizenship based on land rather than blood. It is an idea that anyone can be an American if they commit themselves to our Constitutional values."
Jeffrey Rosen, President and CEO of the National Constitution Center, told CNN in an article last updated in November 2018 of the 14th AmendmentGOOD! NO MORE ANCHOR BABIES!"
Nick Sortor, a political commentator seen on Fox News and Newsmax, reacted to the news of Trump's plans to end birthright citizenship of people living in the U.S. illegally, writing on X on MondayWe are then going to end birthright citizenship."
An incoming White House official said in a briefing that Newsweek was a part of on MondayThe federal government will not recognize automatic birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens born in the United States. We are also going to enhance vetting and screening of illegal aliens."
Citing the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the official said in briefing