Nivida, an immigrant from Honduras who is at the end of the twenties, plans to give birth to a boy in April. What would normally be a period of excitement for his growing family is rather shaded by a deep fear that they were torn.
President Donald Trump’s executive decree restricting citizenship of the right of birth could mean that their baby would be left without the same rights as their other child, born in Louisiana as an American citizen.
Nivida is Honduras and her husband is from Mexico, they are currently living in Louisiana. Her husband has an open request for a special visa for the victims of a crime that could possibly lead to a legal permanent residence, a process that could take years, according to Nivida and legal documents from the Plaidoyer Group representing his case. She had an initial asylum application before the immigration court which was recently rejected, according to Nivida, the court documents, but which is still able to file another asylum case with the services of citizenship and immigration from the United States.
“I do not want them to remove the citizenship of innocent babies born here, regardless of the status of their parents, their race, their color, they should not be discriminated against,” said Nivida in Spanish, who asked that her Full name is not used for fear of reprisals of immigration and its security. “I believe that violating the protection that the Constitution offers to a child born here violates his rights as an individual.”
Last week, the plaid on the asylum for researchers, the organization of Casa immigrant services and the Institute for Advisory and Constitutional Protection of Georgetown law filed a complaint on behalf of five pregnant women and members of Casa against Trump’s executive decree limiting citizenship of the right of birth, which he called, what he called, what he called the citizenship of the duty of damage, that He called, what he called the citizenship of damage, which he called, what he called, what he called “to protect the meaning and the value of American citizenship.” The Ministry of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comments on the trial.
About two dozen states have also brought prosecution against the Trump administration in matters of the prescription, which, according to experts, violates the 14th amendment, who says: “All people born or naturalized in the United States , and subject to competence, are citizens of the United States States and the State where they reside. »»
Nivida, who is a member of ASAP, said that she had decided to express himself on behalf of the thousands of pregnant women and their babies who will be affected by the order if he is allowed to take effect at the end of February. She and others came to the United States in search of protection and stability, but now find a future of their uncertain baby, according to the trial.
Trump’s executive order attempts to limit citizenship of the right of birth to people who have at least one American citizen or permanent resident. He also indicates that people born of parents who are legally in the country, but temporarily, will no longer be automatically guaranteed by citizenship, including high -level work visas such as H1B and students visas such as F1. But legal experts say that the real scope of the order is not clear and could lead certain children to be temporarily stateless.
MENY, a pregnant asylum seeker of Honduras who is also a member of ASAP, said that the order “creates a lot of uncertainty, a lot of fear” and has made an emotional number on his family.
She and her partner both have open asylum cases claiming political persecution before USCIS, have legally worked in California and are “very grateful to this country because we have really had great opportunities here,” said Meny , which is in his middle 30s and asked that his full name is not used for fear of the reprisals of immigration.
“The news is very shocking, we really hope it does not go,” she said in Spanish. “As mothers, of course, we want what is best for our children. It is a great concern.
MENY, who is due in July, said that she felt desperate to think about the future of her baby and the rights that her child may not have when Trump promulgates his anti-immigration program. Meny said that as a asylum seeker fleeing prosecution, going back to his country of origin is not an option.
“Being immigrants does not mean that we are enemies of this country. The majority of us come here for survival reasons, “she said.
Liza and her husband, who are Russian immigrants, await their first child in May. She heard a friend that Trump was planning to restrict citizenship of the right of birth, but thought: “No, that cannot be true” because she understood the right to be part of the American Constitution.
“My husband and I were shocked that this really happened,” said Liza, who asked that her full name was not used for fear of immigration reprisals, adding that the two could not wrap their Spirit around the fact “that it will be reality.”
Liza, one of the five women who are complainants in the trial, said that her husband had an open asylum case due to persecution in Russia and that she is currently under a student visa while obtaining her mastery . Liza, who is at the end of the twenties, said that she was afraid that her baby will remain stateless if her child is refused citizenship of the dawn because they do not feel safe to ask for Russian citizenship for Their baby as asylum seekers fleeing Russia. As an animal, independent journalist in Russia, Liza and her family flee the persecution and said: “I don’t really have the opportunity to go back.” Even if there is a Russian embassy in the United States, she said that she was not sure for her and her husband to go there as asylum seekers.
She said that her greatest fears are that she and her family can be “arrested, expelled, brought back to Russia, and the baby will be separated from us”.
Last week, a judge of the Federal District Court temporarily blocked Trump’s decree. In this case, lawyers for the Ministry of Justice of Trump told the judge that the Citizenship Citizenship Order made an “integral part” of Trump’s efforts to “fight against the broken immigration system of this nation and the crisis ongoing at the southern border ”.
Nivida, Meny and Liza all said that they were shocked when Trump expressed the order when he was shaking their belief in the Constitution and the rule of law in the United States.
Liza said that she still hoped in the United States’s judicial system, because “these courts are not like the courts in Russia who do everything they said to be doing”.
When Nivida heard Trump’s promise for the first time ending the citizenship of the birth law on the campaign track, she said that she was not yet alarmed because of the faith that she had in American democracy and the rule of law.
“These are things that I really admired. Now I have a lot of doubts, ”she said.
