US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he would be abolishing birthright citizenship on Day 1 of taking charge for his second term. This right has been part of the US Constitution for more than 150 years. It states that a person born in the US is an American citizen. Trump had even suggested this in his first term. Such a provision might also affect Indians and their birthright citizenship in the US.
Trump called birthright citizenship a “ridiculous” concept.
Dozens of countries across the world, including neighbouring Canada, have enshrined the right to citizenship by birth. It was hotly debated after a claim that Indians were fuelling birth tourism in Canada.
In an interview with CBS News, Trump called birthright citizenship…
