Trump has vowed to end birthright citizenship. Can he do it?
President Donald Trump has said he plans to end "birthright citizenship" - which refers to automatic American citizenship granted to anyone born in the US. Birthright citizenship is protected by the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution.
Can Trump end birthright citizenship by executive order?
Birthright citizenship been in place for over a century and applies to children born to someone in the country illegally or in the U.S. on a tourist or student visa who plans to return to their home country.
What Is Birthright Citizenship, and Can Trump Take it Away?
President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship is prompting lawsuits alleging he lacks the legal ground to end the right enshrined in the Constitution.
Trump signs executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship
The president issued several actions related to the border or immigration, including ramping up deportations and suspending refugee resettlement.
Trump executive order attacks long-standing American principle of birthright citizenship
Carol Nackenoff, Swarthmore College and Julie Novkov, University at Albany, State University of New York (THE CONVERSATION) One of President Donald Trump’s first executive orders relating to immigration and immigrants is a direct attack on the long-standing constitutional principle of birthright citizenship.
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