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Amerikansk fødselsrettsborgerskap betyr at alle som er født i USA automatisk blir amerikansk statsborger. Det har vært på plass i flere tiår og gjelder også barn født av foreldre med ulovlig opphold i landet eller som er i USA på turist- eller studentvisum og som planlegger å returnere til hjemlandet.
President Donald Trump hadde i valgkampanjen lovet å endre loven om fødselsrettsborgerskap så snart han tiltrådte embetet, for å begrense immigrasjon og omdefinere hva det vil si å være amerikaner. Dette ettersom han mener systemet blir misbrukt. Eksekutiv ordre 14156 om endring, ble således framsatt på presidentens første dag i det Ovale kontor i Det hvite hus.
Trump-motstandere sier at dette er en rettighet som er nedfelt i det 14. endringsforslaget til Grunnloven, hvilket det vil bli betydelig vanskelig å omstøte. Uansett er dette en dårlig idé som vil komme til å møte juridiske hindringer.
Trump hevder imidlertid at denne praksis ikke er unisont for andre land. Det bør være tøffere standarder for å bli amerikansk statsborger. Insentivet kan bli benyttet av folk til å ta seg ulovlig til USA eller delta i fødselsturisme for gravide kvinner.
Kun å krysse grensen og føde bør ikke gi rett til statsborgerskap, mener politikere som ønsker å redusere immigrasjonen til USA. De som støtter endringen, mener at minst én av foreldrene må være er fast bosatt eller amerikansk statsborger for at disses barn automatisk skal få amerikansk statsborgerskap.
President Trumps ordre er basert på følgende:
Fra amerikansk fødestue
“PROTECTING THE MEANING AND VALUE OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP”
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:
Section 1. Purpose. The privilege of United States citizenship is a priceless and profound gift. The Fourteenth Amendment states: “All 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.” That provision rightly repudiated the Supreme Court of the United States’s shameful decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393 (1857), which misinterpreted the Constitution as permanently excluding people of African descent from eligibility for United States citizenship solely based on their race.
But the Fourteenth Amendment has never been interpreted to extend citizenship universally to everyone born within the United States. The Fourteenth Amendment has always excluded from birthright citizenship persons who were born in the United States, but not “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” Consistent with this understanding, the Congress has further specified through legislation that “a person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof” is a national and citizen of the United States at birth, 8 U.S.C. 1401, generally mirroring the Fourteenth Amendment’s text.
Among the categories of individuals born in the United States and not subject to the jurisdiction thereof, the privilege of United States citizenship does not automatically extend to persons born in the United States: (1) when that person’s mother was unlawfully present in the United States and the father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth, or (2) when that person’s mother’s presence in the United States at the time of said person’s birth was lawful, but temporary (such as, but not limited to, visiting the United States under the auspices of the Visa Waiver Program or visiting on a student, work, or tourist visa) and the father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth.
Section 2. Policy. (a) It is the policy of the United States that no department or agency of the United States government shall issue documents recognizing United States citizenship, or accept documents issued by State, local, or other governments or authorities purporting to recognize United States citizenship, to persons: (1) when that person’s mother was unlawfully present in the United States and the person’s father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth, or (2) when that person’s mother’s presence in the United States was lawful, but temporary, and the person’s father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall apply only to persons who are born within the United States after 30 days from the date of this order.
(c) Nothing in this order shall be construed to affect the entitlement of other individuals, including children of lawful permanent residents, to obtain documentation of their United States citizenship.
Section 3. Enforcement. (a) The Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Commissioner of Social Security, shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that the regulations and policies of their respective departments and agencies are consistent with this order, and that no officers, employees, or agents of their respective departments and agencies act, or forbear from acting, in any manner inconsistent with this order.
(b) The heads of all executive departments and agencies shall issue public guidance within 30 days of the date of this order regarding this order’s implementation with respect to their operations and activities.
Section 4. Definitions. As used in this order:
(a) “Mother” means the immediate female biological progenitor.
(b) “Father” means the immediate male biological progenitor.
Section 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(I) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(II) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies or entities, its officers, employees, or agents or any other person.
THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 20, 2025
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22/01/2025
