Former President Trump is returning to his calls to remove birthright citizenship, with his 2024 White House campaign announcing Tuesday he would seek to end it via executive order on his first day in office.
Source: The Hill
Well he can't unilaterally do so, but if we actually read the debate over the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause, the guy wrote wrote it said it excludes aliens because they are subject to the jurisdiction of another nation. Here is a copy of the excerpt from the record from the Congressional Globe (the former name of what is now the Congressional Record) followed by the full page:
The things that got him elected the first time won't get him elected again cause there are too many issues with his past decisions that the minor issues he chooses to harp on, are inconsequential to most people now. Before covid and inflation and the massive debts of the country people might care about people who manipulate citizenship rules, now people don't care about that, just like you ignore cake crumbs when you have a full cake right next to you.
I agree, if it's specifically intended to put an end to the "anchor baby" loophole.
Passing it through executive order is pretty dodgy though... There's a decent chance even with the current supreme court that it would get shot down, and even if not, it won't survive beyond his term after 2028. There is no way this won't be used as a bleeding heart democrat or squish republican/libertarian talking points against him.
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It wouldn't stick; he'd need Congressional approval, lest he get laughed out of any court in the country.
I'm not inherently opposed to revisiting the idea, but you need to run it through proper process of law, something Presidents in this century have been REALLY bad at.
It’s ridiculous that people with no ties to the country can get US citizenship. Should be limited to the children of US citizens and permanent residents.
He can't do it retroactively, but I support initiating it. I also support a Federal law requiring E-Verify and deportation of frauds.
I think all republicans need to embrace this idea.
Not entirely a bad idea, but it goes against the 14th amendment.
He'll be assassinated before then possibly alongside Biden
Is Trump wins in 2024, I’m moving to Canada…. again.
For whites? Totally for it.
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