Trump asks Supreme Court to uphold Ius Soli stop

The US administration has asked the Supreme Court to uphold the first executive order issued by President Donald Trump in his second term on birthright citizenship (Ius Soli), which provides that children born to parents who are in the US illegally or temporarily cannot become US citizens. The Associated Press writes this. The rule has never been enforced because four federal judges, who reviewed lawsuits against the initiative, ruled that it clearly violates the 14th Amendment and is contrary to long-standing Supreme Court precedent.

The administration's appeal, explains the Associated Press, starts a High Court process that could lead to a final ruling on the constitutionality of the birthright citizenship restrictions by early next summer. However, the appeal does not ask the Court to let the restrictions take effect before its decision.

Trump signed an executive order halting the automatic application of Ius Soli on the first day of his second term in the White House, overturning more than 125 years of interpretation that the XIV Amendment of the Constitution confers citizenship on anyone born on US soil, with limited exceptions, for example for the children of foreign diplomats.

In the last few hours, with a post on the social site Truth, Trump then announced the deployment of the National Guard in Portland and in the headquarters of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), the police force responsible for immigration control in the US, recently targeted by attacks such as in Dallas. "At the request of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, I am ordering Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to provide all necessary troops to protect war-torn Portland and any ICE headquarters under siege from attacks by Antifa and other domestic terrorists. I further authorise the use of full force if necessary,' the presidential post reads.