What the 14th Amendment says about birthright citizenship
President Donald Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right enshrined in the 14th Amendment. We asked two experts in constitutional and immigration law to walk us through what the amendment says,
Can Trump End Birthright Citizenship? 14th Amendment Explained
Brad Jones, a professor of political science at the University of California Davis, told Newsweek. Birthright citizenship has been interpreted, repeatedly, as an integral part of the 14th Amendment. Trump isn't the first to weaponize birthright citizenship but he has been the most successful at bringing this issue to a boil.
To end birthright citizenship, Donald Trump misreads the constitution
America started doing so at the end of the civil war. The constitution was amended then to overturn the Dred Scott decision of 1857, which held that black people were not Americans. The 14th Amendment ensured that freed slaves and their children would henceforth be citizens.
Trump's Citizenship Decree Signals His Willingness To Flout the Constitution
Trump's citizenship order is best understood as a symbolic stand against the "invasion" he perceives when people enter this country in pursuit of better lives. But his casual disregard for the Constitution sends another message, one that should make Americans grateful for the restraining influence of an independent judiciary.
Trump right to end birthright citizenship abuse, says expert
Hans von Spakovsky, told Fox News Digital that the birthright citizenship clause in the 14th Amendment has been abused for “birth tourism” by illegal immigrants for years posing a serious threat to national security.
President Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship would overturn more than a century of precedent
U.S. President Donald Trump has said since his first administration that he wants to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right for everyone born in the United States.
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