Washington, Apr 3 Indian-American judge Amit Mehta has come to the fore after he ruled that US President Donald Trump's speech before the violence that rocked the Capitol on January 6, 2021, was not subject to presidential immunity.Mehta, a federal judge of the US District Court for the...
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Washington, Apr 2 Smita Ghosh, an Indian-American lawyer's brief to the Supreme Court as an amicus curiae, is shaping the arguments in the case challenging US President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship for certain people.Ghosh, a senior appellate counsel at the...
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Washington, April 2 – The US government has raised concerns about "birth tourism," particularly from China, as it urged the Supreme Court to restrict automatic citizenship for children born in the United States.Arguing for the Trump administration, Solicitor General John Sauer told the court...
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Washington, April 1 – US President Donald Trump said he plans to attend a hearing at the US Supreme Court regarding birthright citizenship, as the top court prepares to hear a closely watched legal challenge to his executive order on the issue.“I think so. I do,” Trump said when asked if he...
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Washington, March 31 – The US Supreme Court will hear arguments in a closely watched case on birthright citizenship, which challenges President Donald Trump’s attempt to restrict automatic citizenship for children born to certain non-citizens and could reshape the meaning of the 14th Amendment...
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Washington, March 11 Concerns about Chinese nationals exploiting America's birthright citizenship laws through a growing "birth tourism" industry surfaced during a US Senate hearing, with one witness warning lawmakers that thousands of children born in the United States are later raised in...
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Washington, March 7 – The Hindu American Foundation has joined dozens of faith-based organizations in urging the US Supreme Court to uphold birthright citizenship, warning that any attempt to limit this constitutional right would unsettle immigrant families and threaten religious diversity in...
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Washington, February 27. Two senior Republican senators have urged the US Department of Justice to investigate what they described as foreign-operated surrogacy centers that are exploiting American citizenship laws, raising concerns that the practice poses a "serious national security risk."In...
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