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The End Birthright Citizenship for Territories Act, introduced by Representative Morgan Griffith, a Virginia Republican, would amend federal laws that grant U.S. citizenship at birth to people born in Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands. The legislation would limit those provisions to people born before January 1, 2027, effectively ending automatic citizenship for future births unless at least one parent is a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident.

Birthright citizenship is the legal principle that grants U.S. citizenship to most people born on American soil, regardless of their parents' immigration status. The administration has sought to restrict the long-standing interpretation of birthright citizenship, but those efforts stalled on June 30, when the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's executive order.

The case that prompted the ruling, Trump v. Barbara, had addressed whether children born in the United States to parents who are unlawfully or temporarily present are entitled to citizenship at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment's Citizenship Clause. The court held that such children are "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States. The new proposal is part of the Trump administration's push to reduce immigration levels and tighten restrictions on who can qualify for U.S. citizenship.

So, what, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands are no longer subject to the laws of the United States? So, there is no federal court in Puerto Rico exercising jurisdiction over the territory? What about the US Virgin Islands?

Does that mean they don't have to pay taxes to the fascist regime?

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[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 12 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Okay but anyone born in DC doesn’t get to be a citizen either.

These people are so hateful.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Most people in DC are pretty progressive, actually

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I meant kids born to politicians working in DC would not be citizens.

I don’t actually want any of this. I was just making a point.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Politicians are rich. For every rich family, you have like a dozen families supporting their existence.

So the vast majority of the DC population is not rich, and they're mostly progressive.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

That isn’t relevant to my point.

This is about politicians causing harm to other families in a way they would be upset about if it happened to them.

My point was that if DC was treated the same they wouldn’t do it. And, if they wouldn’t allow it to happen in DC they should not be doing it to other people either.

They just want to hurt brown people.

Again, I am not actually advocating for people in DC to not be US citizens. I was just pointing out their hypocrisy.