Washington — President-elect Donald Trump says he will end birthright citizenship in the coming years, criticizing the constitutional right.
in one Interview On NBC’s “Meet the Press” broadcast Sunday, Trump noted that he “absolutely” still plans to end birthright citizenship on Generation One during his presidency. “We have to end this,” Trump instructed host Kristen Welker. publish in a video 2023Trump has said he would sign a government resolution to put action first on life instead of work.
What is birthright citizenship, and is it under the US Charter?
Birthright citizenship grants citizenship to anyone born on regular U.S. territory, without reference to the citizen’s citizenship status.
civil section, under 14th amendment The Charter states that “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.”
Congress passed the 14th Amendment in 1866, during the Reconstruction period after the Civil War. In 1868, an amendment to grant citizenship to people born on U.S. territory was ratified, invalidating the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision, which barred slaves and descendants of slaves from becoming voters.
Why does Trump want to end birthright citizenship?
Trump has been speaking abolition of birthright citizenship Since his presidential campaign in 2015 policy paper That day, he called birthright citizenship “the biggest magnet for illegal immigration.” In a 2023 video, Trump attributed birthright citizenship to “birth tourism”, in which he said immigrants spend entire weeks of their pregnancy in resorts to deliver births in the US and later make the child a condition of citizenship. So that family members can come to America. through “chain migration,” sometimes called family-based migration.
right through it first termTrump promised to end birthright citizenship but did not do so. He told “Meet the Press” that he planned to sign a government proposal on birthright citizenship before turning his attention to containing COVID-19.
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Trump called the term conferring citizenship by delivery “ridiculous”, telling Welker that America is a nation with birthright citizenship. In fact, dozens of alternative nations have birthright citizenship.
Trump complained, “If anybody sets foot on our soil — just one foot, one foot, you don’t need two — congratulations, you’re now a citizen of the United States of America.” “We’re going to end it because it’s ridiculous.”
Fighters for birthright citizenship say it was in no way intended to protect the children of undocumented immigrants or so-called “birth tourism.” They argue that the amendment was ratified to remove barriers to birthright citizenship based on race.
Broadly speaking, this agreement is a part of what Trump has said radical change on immigration The policy on which he campaigned was part of an assurance to focus on both unauthorized and jailed immigrants while using unheard of measures to test the limits of their authority.
Can Trump end birthright citizenship?
When asked whether he could override the 14th Amendment through a government resolution, Trump said, “It probably has to go back to the people, but we have to end it,” indicating that That they will probably have to struggle for it. If necessary initiate a constitutional amendment to abolish the right. He clarified that he would try to end birthright citizenship through a government proposal “if we could.”
Can Trump revoke birthright citizenship through government proposal?
“The answer is no,” said Michael LeRoy, a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s College of Hard Work and Work Families and Faculty of Regulation. This is because the President does not have the authority to unilaterally abrogate the Charter.
It is also almost impossible to get rid of birthright citizenship through a constitutional amendment, because of the existing support not only from Congress but also from the states.
What is contained in the charter can not be changed Both, through a simple congressional vote. Amendments must be approved not only through a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress, but also through three-fourths of the legislatures convened in each form for ratification, or three-fourths of the conventions. This is an intensive process with the top bar.
One day in American history a constitutional amendment was repealed when the 18th Amendment, which prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of narcotics, known as Prohibition, was repealed by the 21st Amendment in 1933 Had gone. Revision, Leroy famous.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina They say He is working on drafting a constitutional amendment to end this process.
What alternative nations but still have birthright citizenship in the US?
The US is far from the only country with birthright citizenship, although birthright citizenship is more common in North and South America than in the rest of the region.
Unlike some countries, the US no longer requires either parent to be a citizen for a child born on US territory to become a citizen. It is computerized.
Complete Checklist of Nations with Birthright Citizenship
According to the Central Intelligence Agency, more than 30 countries have birthright citizenship. World FactbookThey come with:
- Antigua and Barbuda
- argentina
- Azerbaijan
- barbados
- belize
- bolivia
- brazil
- Canada
- chile
- costa rica
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Gambia
- Grenada
- guatemala
- guinea-bissau
- Guyana
- honduras
- Jamaica
- Lesotho
- mauritius
- Mexico
- Nepal
- nicaragua
- Pakistan
- panama
- paraguaya
- peru
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago
- tuvalu
- United States of America
- uruguay
- Venezuela
