CITIZENSHIP/IMMIGRATION: “If he secures a second presidential term, Trump said he would issue an executive order during his first day back at the White House in January 2025 instructing the federal government to deny citizenship to children with parents who are not American citizens or legal permanent residents.
Under a decades-long interpretation of the Constitution, children born on U.S. soil are automatically bestowed American citizenship, even if their parents are not themselves citizens or legally present in the country. Some immigration hardliners have long criticized the policy, saying it encourages parents to come to the U.S. illegally. While he was in the White House, Trump repeatedly floated the idea of challenging the interpretation, but never took action…
The 14th Amendment of the Constitution, adopted following the Civil War, declares that all ‘persons born or naturalized in the United States’ are ‘citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.'”
-Camilo Montoya-Galvez, “Trump vows to end birthright citizenship for children of unauthorized immigrants if he wins in 2024,” cbsnews.com, May 30, 2023