(Adnkronos) – A three-judge panel of a US appeals court has rejected the Justice Department’s request to immediately reinstate the executive order signed by Donald Trump to limit ‘birthright citizenship’, the ius soli, which a lower court had ruled against, paving the way for an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court. The Commission justified the denial by arguing that the Justice Department did not provide “a solid reason why it would have been likely to prevail on the merits of this appeal.” Lawyers argue that Trump’s order violates the 14th Amendment, which extends US citizenship to anyone born on US soil, denying citizenship to children born in the United States if their mothers are undocumented and their fathers are not US citizens. citizens or permanent resident permit holders.
