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TOI correspondent from Washington: In a scene without precedent in the 237-year history of the American judiciary, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday attended the Supreme Court hearing in the birthright citizenship case, highlighting the profound significance of the outcome even as critics saw his appearance as an attempt to intimidate the nine justices.At the…
Donald Trump became the first sitting US president to attend oral arguments at the Supreme Court of the United States on Wednesday. The apex court is examining the constitutionality of his executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to parents who are in the country illegally or on…
Smita Ghosh (Image credits: Constitutional Accountability Center) TOI correspondent from Washington: As the US Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on Wednesday morning in the closely watched birthright citizenship case Trump v. Barbara, one of the most influential figures shaping the legal battlefield is also among its least publicly known or understood: Indian-American attorney Smita…
US President Donald Trump once again talked against birthright citizenship, arguing that the policy was originally intended for “the babies of slaves” and is now being misused by wealthy foreigners seeking US citizenship for their children. In the post on Truth Social, Trump criticised the practice of so-called “birth tourism,” claiming that people from countries…
SILCHAR: A 60-year-old woman from Assam’s Cachar district has become the first person in the state to receive Indian citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), nearly two years after she was declared a foreigner and put in a transit camp.Dipali Das, a resident of Hawaithang in the Dholai block of Cachar, received her Indian…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of Canadian prime minister Mark Carney’s visit to India, his government has started the process to revoke the citizenship of Tahawwur Rana, Pakistan-born businessman, currently being tried in India for helping plan the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that killed 166 people.However, the move to cancel his citizenship is not based on terrorism…
Rosie O’Donnell’s homecoming to the US from her year in Ireland is filled with mixed emotions. Reconnecting with family after a long time in a quieter environment shaped by the green landscapes of Ireland must feel bittersweet. O’Donnell’s experience abroad was particularly poignant as she navigated personal choices amidst Donald Trump’s controversial assertions about citizenship….
Getting citizenship anywhere in the world involves paperwork, background checks, and years of patience. But in some countries, the process is not just rigorous, it is so restrictive that getting through them will need someone to have iron-like patience. They have in place rigid rules like decades-long residency requirements, bans on dual nationality, and discretionary…
JAMMU: Jailed Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid’s Awami Itihaad Party (AIP) said Sunday it had submitted an assembly resolution seeking citizenship and legal status for former militants’ wives and children who came from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) under a 2010 rehabilitation policy. The J&K assembly’s budget session begins on Monday.Langate Shiekh Khursheed, AIP MLA and Rashid’s brother,…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday pointed out to Election Commission that its SIR order did not clearly state that the exercise was also about illegal immigration, an assertion that was accepted by EC’s counsel, who said there was no express mention of the same in the order.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and…