Trump: Birthright Citizenship 'Not Covered' By 14th Amendment, 'Will Be Ended One Way Or The Other'
- 5 years ago
President Trump on Wednesday said that birthright citizenship will be "ended one way or the other."
President Trump is defending his much-questioned plan to use an executive order to end birthright citizenship.
"So-called Birthright Citizenship, which costs our Country billions of dollars and is very unfair to our citizens, will be ended one way or the other," Trump wrote in a series of tweets on Wednesday. "It is not covered by the 14th Amendment because of the words 'subject to the jurisdiction thereof.' Many legal scholars agree." Trump also said: "Harry Reid was right in 1993, before he and the Democrats went insane and started with the Open Borders (which brings massive Crime) 'stuff.' Don't forget the nasty term Anchor Babies."
The day prior, Trump noted in an Axios on HBO interview: "We're the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States...with all of those benefits. It's ridiculous. And it has to end." Notably, CNN reports that "several other countries, including Canada, have a policy of birthright citizenship, according to an analysis by the Center for Immigration Studies, which advocates for reducing immigration." The question of whether it's possible to do what Trump proposes has been raised. House Speaker Paul Ryan suggested it is not achievable by executive order and would involve a very long and involved process. According to the New York Times: "The consensus among legal scholars is that he cannot, but Mr. Trump and his allies are eager to test it in the Supreme Court." The publication also noted that the statement could simply be a pre-midterms ploy to energize certain voters.
President Trump is defending his much-questioned plan to use an executive order to end birthright citizenship.
"So-called Birthright Citizenship, which costs our Country billions of dollars and is very unfair to our citizens, will be ended one way or the other," Trump wrote in a series of tweets on Wednesday. "It is not covered by the 14th Amendment because of the words 'subject to the jurisdiction thereof.' Many legal scholars agree." Trump also said: "Harry Reid was right in 1993, before he and the Democrats went insane and started with the Open Borders (which brings massive Crime) 'stuff.' Don't forget the nasty term Anchor Babies."
The day prior, Trump noted in an Axios on HBO interview: "We're the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States...with all of those benefits. It's ridiculous. And it has to end." Notably, CNN reports that "several other countries, including Canada, have a policy of birthright citizenship, according to an analysis by the Center for Immigration Studies, which advocates for reducing immigration." The question of whether it's possible to do what Trump proposes has been raised. House Speaker Paul Ryan suggested it is not achievable by executive order and would involve a very long and involved process. According to the New York Times: "The consensus among legal scholars is that he cannot, but Mr. Trump and his allies are eager to test it in the Supreme Court." The publication also noted that the statement could simply be a pre-midterms ploy to energize certain voters.