Indian parents in US line-up for urgent C-sections as Trump’s Feb 19 deadline to end birthright citizenship nears

STC NEWS MONITORING DESK
JANUARY 23 (STC): President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of the parents’ immigration status is approaching near, Indian parents in the United States are pursuing preterm births. Media reports state that such parents are lining-up at maternity clinics to schedule a C-section for preterm births.

President Donald Trump soon after taking oath as the 47th President of the United States of America signed a new executive order, blocking the automatic birthright citizenship for children of people not in the country legally.

There’s a long-held interpretation of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution which promises citizenship too any child born on the American soil – this law excludes children of the foreign diplomats.
Now by virtue of Donald Trump’s order comes into effect, the children born to non-citizen couples after February 19 will not be considered American citizens. The order also ends automatic birthright citizenship for children of people who are in the US legally but only temporarily, such as tourists, students, and those on work visas.
According to the reports, thousands of Indian parents as many hold H-1B and L1 visas; many are even in the queue for Green Cards to become American citizens. Some parents were hoping that their children’s US citizenship could serve as a pathway to their own residency in the country.
This is the reason many parents are rushing to maternity clinics to have their babies delivered via C-section before February 19 when the new birthright citizenship order comes into effect.
(Inputs from Mint)