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?
Personally, I am arguing that the United States need a complete overhaul. The founding documents were not designed for a modern nation that spans from coast to coast, in a globalized world. The founding fathers were intelligent and capable, but they are still just people of their time.
Thus, I write about possible systems for a rekindled nation.
Honestly? I’d support just a breakup. The blue states could do so much more if we weren’t carrying the dead weight of the red states. They can fester and die in their shit holes all they want!
It is certainly one of many paths we can have with the United States. Maybe the union continues, perhaps we end up in Thiel’s techno-feudalistic hellhole. The only thing that seems certain, is that there will be a lot of pain in the future. 😔
Conservatives need to start suffering the consequences of their actions and stop mooching off the hard-working states.
Yeah, surrender, that’ll solve the problem.
What would that be surrendering to, exactly?
They’re dead weight. We’d be better off letting then rot. I’m tired of dragging the conservatives forward. They scream at every advance.
It’s always the same basic arguments too.