In one of his more shocking legal endeavors yet, POTUS announced his intentions to end the constitutionally-protected law of birthright citizenship on Tuesday. The announcement came in an interview with Axios, in which he declared that he had the…
In one of his more shocking legal endeavors yet, POTUS announced his intentions to end the constitutionally-protected law of birthright citizenship on Tuesday. The announcement came in an interview with Axios, in which he declared that he had the ability to end this law via an executive order. But for those wondering whether Donald Trump can take away birthright citizenship through something as simple as signing an executive order, the odds seem extremely unlikely. What’s more, it would require a massive overreach of the Trump administration’s use of executive power.
Numerous constitutional scholars insist birthright citizenship is explicitly protected in the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, in the first sentence: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
The 14th Amendment was made with the intention of ensuring that people of African descent would be granted citizenship, even if their parents had been slaves. Now, Trump is using birthright citizenship to wage war on the issue of illegal immigration.
DuringTrump’s interview with Axios, he controversially claimed that ending birthright citizenship wouldn’t require any constitutional adjustments. He said,
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