Lee
2025-01-21 17:45:17 UTC
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PermalinkJan 21
President Trump claimed to end
birthright citizenship on the first
day of his second term. Trumps
executive order is unconstitutional,
in direct conflict with the plain
language of the 14th Amendment and
over a centurys worth of Supreme
Court case law. It will be litigated
immediately and its prospects of
surviving those court fights are
slim, even before a Supreme Court
stacked with conservative justices
and Trump appointees.
Trumps order contends as opponents
of birthright citizenship long have
that the children of undocumented
immigrants cant be citizens, because
they allegedly arent subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States.
Thats nonsense. Undocumented
immigrants and their children are
required to follow the same laws as
everyone else on U.S. soil, including
paying taxes. (As distinct from the
primary example of people not subject
to the federal governments jurisdiction:
foreign diplomats.)
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/presidents-cant-end-birthright-citizenship