Trump Vows To End Birthright Citizenship

And the debate on the meaning of the 14th Amendment might not yet be over.

AP/Eric Gay
Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande and entered America from Mexico during the Biden administration are lined up for processing by Customs and Border Protection at Eagle Pass, Texas. AP/Eric Gay

President-elect Trump is facing a bit of a brouhaha for his vow to jettison so-called “birthright citizenship.” That grants American citizenship to anyone born here, no matter, some insist, the immigration status of the parents. The president-elect’s pledge, the Washington Post avers, is crosswise with the “right granted by the 14th Amendment.” The plain language of the Constitution, though, suggests that a constitutional clash might yet await. 

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