Trump Could Finally Put One Of Immigration’s Thorniest Issues To Rest
President-elect Donald Trump’s push to end birthright citizenship for those born on U.S. soil by illegal migrant parents could put to rest a hot-button constitutional debate that’s loomed over the country for decades.The incoming president has repeatedly vowed to end birthright citizenship immediately upon entering office, one of the more ambitious agenda items within his immigration enforcement platform.
While the proposal has divided border hawks and immigration advocates, both sides generally agree the debate boils down to interpretation of the 14th Amendment, the conclusion of which will likely fall to the Supreme Court.
“Our position is that the 14th Amendment gives citizenship at birth only to those born in the United States to parents who were residing here with the permission of the United States,” Christopher Hajec, director of litigation for the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI), a Washington, D.C.-based organization that advocates for stricter immigration laws, said to the Daily Caller News Foundation. “That was the holding of the Supreme Court in Wong Kim Ark v. United States, a case that is still controlling.”
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6 comments:
Didn't you guys say you loved the Constitution?
@6:14...don't you guys read stuff and comprehend?
Had this discussion last night at dinner with friends. Only one wanted to stop reading after the words "all born" while the others added the regulations to "all born" which follows IN THE CONSTITUTION!
14th Amendment, Section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
Damn.. Lawyers, courts and Supreme Court Justices have gotten it wrong for almost 250 years. Thank God Trump knows better!
@8:22...actually it hasn't been challenged until now after Democrats are allowing every Tom and Dickhead into our country illegally. It should be interesting, lib.
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