Navida, an immigrant from Honduras who is about 20 years old, hopes to give birth to a child in April. What normally would be a moment of emotion for his growing family feels shaded for a deep fear that they will teach.
President Donald Trump’s executive order that restricts the citizenship of birth law could mean that his baby would remain without the same rights as his other son, who was born in Louisiana as a US citizen.
Navida is from Honduras and her husband is from Mexico, they currently live in Louisiana. Her husband has an open request for a special visa for the victims of a crime that could eventually lead to a legal permanent residence, a process that could take years, according to Navida and judicial documents of the defense group that represent their case. He had an initial asylum application in the Immigration Court that was recently dismissed, according to Navida, the court documents, but can still submit another case of asylum before the American citizenship and immigration services.
“I do not want the citizenship of innocent babies born here to be removed, the status of their parents, their race, their color, should not be discriminated,” said Nivida in Spanish, who was asked that his full name not It is used for fear of immigration retaliation and their safety. “I think that violating the protection that the Constitution gives to a child born here is violating their rights as an individual.”
Last week, the Defense Project of Asyl from Casa against Trump’s executive order that limited law citizenship, which called “protecting the meaning and value of US citizenship.” The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comments on the claim.
Around two dozen states have also filed demands against the Trump administration that challenges the order, which according to experts violates the 14th amendment, which says: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to jurisdiction, are Citizens of the United United. States and the state in which they reside. “
Navida, who is a member of ASAP, said he decided to speak on behalf of the thousands of pregnant women and their babies who will be affected by the order if it is allowed to enter into force at the end of February. She and others came to the United States seeking protection and stability, but now they find that the futures of their unborn babies are uncertain, according to demand.
Trump’s executive order tries to limit citizenship of birth rights to people who have at least one father who is a citizen of the United States or permanent resident. It also establishes that those born of parents who are legally, but temporarily, will no longer guarantee citizens, including high -qualification work visas such as H1B and students’ visas such as F1. But legal experts say that the true scope of the order is not clear and could lead some children to be temporarily apátra us.
Meny, a pregnant asylum seeker from Honduras who is also a member of ASAP, said the order “creates a lot of uncertainty, a lot of fear” and has affected his family.
She and her partner have open asylum cases who affirm political persecution before USCIS, have been legally working in California and are “very grateful to this country because we have really had many great opportunities here,” said Meny, who is in the middle of His 30 and asked that his full name is not used for fear of immigration retaliation.

“The news is very shocking, we really hope it will not be,” he said in Spanish. “As mothers, of course we want the best for our children. It is a great concern. “
Meny, who is due in July, said he feels desperate when thinking about the future of his baby and the rights that his son may not have as Trump promulgates his anti -immigrant agenda. Meny said that when an asylum applicant flees from the prosecution, returning to his country of origin is not an option.
“Being immigrants does not mean that we are enemies of this country. Most of us come here for reasons of survival, ”he said.
Liza and her husband, who are Russian immigrants, expect their first child in May. He listened to a friend that Trump was considering restricting the citizenship of birth law, but thought: “No, it cannot be true”, since he understood the right to be part of the United States Constitution.
“My husband and I surprised us that it would really have happened,” said Liza, who has asked for his full name not to be used for fear of immigration retaliation, and added that the two could not understand the fact that “this will be reality “.
Liza, one of the five women who are demanding in demand, said that her husband has an open asylum case due to persecution in Russia and is currently in a student visa while obtaining her mastery. Liza, who is between 20 and 20 years old, said she fears that her baby is left without a state if her child is denied the citizenship of birth rights, since they do not feel safe requesting Russian citizenship for their baby as applicants asylum fleeing from Russia. As a former independent journalist in Russia, Liza and his family flee from persecution and said: “I really don’t have the option to return there.” Although there is a Russian embassy in the United States, she said that she is not safe for her and her husband to go there as asylum seekers.
She said her greatest fears are that she and her family can be “arrested, deported, taken back to Russia, and the baby will be, they will be separated from us.”
Last week, a Judge of the Federal District Court temporarily blocked Trump’s executive order. In that case, the lawyers of the Trump Department of Justice told the judge that the Birth Law Citizenship Order was an “integral part” of Trump’s efforts to “address the broken immigration system of this nation and the crisis continue on the southern border. “
Navida, Meny and Liza said they were surprised when Trump issued the order while shaking his belief in the Constitution and the rule of law in the United States.
Liza said he still had hope in the judicial system of the United States, since “those courts are not like the courts of Russia that do what they are told to do.”
When Trump first listened to Trump’s promise to end the citizenship of birth in the campaign, he said he was not yet alarmed due to the faith he had in the democracy of the United States and the rule of law.
“These were things that I really admired. Now, I have many doubts, ”he said.