"Among his first moves after taking oath for the second time, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to end birthright citizenship. The move has been stayed by a federal judge for now but is the first chapter in Trump’s pet project to tighten immigration to the US,” noted a report on www.news18.com, adding, "Acquiring American citizenship was never an easy process. In the early 20th century, Bhicaji Balsara became the first Indian to gain American citizenship.”
The news item then proceeded to introduce Balsara as a textile merchant from Bombay who "had to fight a long legal battle to......