Varun Srinivasan
@v
The birthright thing is going to be really bad for Indian immigrants. I was in the H1B queue for 9 years, didn't get my application approved yet. Fortunately, ended up marrying a US citizen and became a resident. You now can lawfully work in this country for 10 years, and have your children not be legal residents.
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jon
@jonbray.eth
I believe it'll come down to a Supreme Court decision still, as birthright is enshrined in the 14th amendment. executive order was a move to end it, but I don't think it simply ends so easily the interpretation I've heard from people who know more than me is that based on the wording “born or naturalised in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof” the "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" will likely end up playing a key part in how birthright citizenship works moving forward, given the context of why the order was signed someone who's undocumented and entered the country illegally isn't "subject to the jurisdiction" of the US in the way someone who went through a legal immigration process is we'll see how it plays out
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