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We will most likely have a crisis of thousands of stateless children born in the U.S., not only from Venezuela, but from any immigrant that gives birth and their country does not have an embassy in the U.S.,
said Juan De la Vega, an immigration attorney in Miami Asking for a passport for yourself, and presumably for these children, could be considered under the U.S. asylum laws as you availing yourself of the country that you’re seeking protection from,
There might be a loophole for those seeking asylum,
said Helena Tetzeli, an attorney with the American Immigration Lawyers Association Immigrants contribute to the U.S. economy in many ways. They work at high rates and make up more than a third of the workforce in some industries."
In 2019, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities reported Children born to immigrant families are upwardly mobile, promising future benefits not only to their families, but to the U.S. economy overall."
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities also said Their geographic mobility helps local economies respond to worker shortages, smoothing out bumps that could otherwise weaken the economy,
the center's researchers added If you just poll the idea of birthright citizenship, voters nod it through,
It's a shocking attack on people in this country who are here lawfully, played by the rules and are benefiting the country,
David Leopold, the chair of the immigration practice at the law firm UB Greensfelder, was quoted as saying This speaks to sort of a larger policy orientation in the Trump administration, which is a real tightening of our immigration system, limiting access to visas,
This executive order is aimed at stopping Latino and Asian immigrants from coming into this country and building a life here, which is fundamentally opposed to the values of the United States,
We have asylees from Afghanistan, from China. Our plaintiffs are from Indonesia and they’re asylees,
This order doesn’t just target undocumented people,
We had lynching of Chinese workers,
I think there’s going to be so many other fights to be had,
A lot of people like me are very sad and very anxious,
The number of places where chaos will reign is actually quite high,
according to Rupa Bhattacharyya, legal director with the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection It pains her to think that one of her children will have more benefits than the other, even though they were both born here,
according to the complaint The executive order caused a lot of confusion for families like mine,
Monica told reporters in Spanish on Wednesday She fears her unborn child will not have the same rights to citizenship as the future child’s older sisters, and could even be subject to deportation, separating the family,
President Trump has no authority to amend either the constitution or the federal law by the stroke of his pen on an executive order,
