Following the Supreme Court's birthright citizenship ruling, President Trump plans to ask Congress to legislate on the issue. Republican lawmakers have proposed bills to limit automatic citizenship, but the practice's scale is debated, with data suggesting fewer than 1% of births are to foreign mothers.
The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that federal border officials don't need "clear and convincing evidence" of a crime involving "moral turpitude" to treat returning Green Card holders as applicants for readmission, making deportations easier. The decision stems from the case of Muk Choi Lau.
The US Supreme Court issued multiple rulings empowering the Trump administration to end humanitarian protections for Haitians and Syrians, block asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border, and grant broad discretion for deporting green card holders.
US authorities have banned green-card holders who traveled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan in the last 21 days from entering the country to prevent Ebola spread. The order, initially for 30 days, exempts US citizens and aims to balance public health with resource management.
