Why did Trump congratulate China’s Xi Jinping after the Supreme Court ruling? this is what he means
president Donald Trump New controversy sparked on Tuesday after sarcastically congratulating China’s president Xi Jinping The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship.
His remarks referred to the landmark 1898 United States v. Wong Kim Ark case, which established that most children born on U.S. soil automatically acquire U.S. citizenship under the 14th Amendment.
Trump wrote in an article published in “Truth Social”: “I want to congratulate President Xi and the great China for achieving the great birthright of citizenship!”
The statement came hours after Trump’s attempts to limit birthright citizenship were struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision.
This seriously undermines one of the key tenets of his immigration plan. The court ruled that the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment automatically confers citizenship to children born to parents temporarily or unlawfully present in the United States.
Why did Trump mention Xi Jinping?
Trump’s mention of Xi Jinping was in response to the historical case of the United States v. Kim Aok.
Huang Jinde was born in San Francisco in 1873. His parents were Chinese immigrants who were not American citizens. After returning from a trip abroad, he was denied reentry by U.S. officials, who argued that he was not a U.S. citizen because of his parents’ nationality.
In 1898, the Supreme Court ruled that Wong Wong was a U.S. citizen at birth under the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This decision became the legal basis for birthright citizenship in the United States.
Chief Justice John Roberts cited the same case on Tuesday, saying there was no reason to depart from established constitutional understanding.
Trump seemed to suggest that people born in the United States to Chinese parents had long benefited from the decision and applauded Xi.
Read more: U.S. Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, Trump plans to revoke it
What is the Fourteenth Amendment? What does Trump’s executive order say?
Trump has repeatedly argued that birthright citizenship would encourage illegal immigration and “birth tourism.” On his first day back in office, he signed an executive order seeking to deny automatic citizenship to babies born in the United States.
Trump’s executive order seeks to reinterpret the 14th Amendment to hold that children born to noncitizen parents who are here illegally or have temporary legal status are not subject to the “jurisdiction” of the United States and therefore are not entitled to birthright citizenship.
The order’s goal is to limit citizenship to the children of current U.S. citizens or other lawful permanent residents who have the country as their “domicile.”
