The US Supreme Court's recent decision to leave birthright citizenship intact offers relief to thousands of Indian families, even as the political battle over who deserves to be American is far from over.
When the top court's ruling came through on June 30, Rajesh and Neha, an Indian couple living in Seattle, read the news over breakfast before leaving for work.
Rajesh, a software engineer, moved to the US from the southern Indian city of Bengaluru in 2016 on an H-1B visa. Neha joined him a year later. Their six-year-old daughter, Aanya, was born in the United States.
"It was a relief," Neha told DW. "For months, we kept wondering if something so fundamental could really change."
Their daughter remains an American citizen. But for her parents, little else has changed. Like thousands of Indian professionals in the US, they are still waiting for employment-based green cards after years in the queue.
