“unauthorized immigrants”
Correct term: ILLEGAL ALIENS
http://www.multiplecitizenship.com/
You can search by country. But, for example, the Mexican constitution specifically states that a child of a Mexican woman is a citizen of MEXICO, no matter where they are born.
Please do it Mr. President!
YES!!!!!!!
The immigration system should have been fixed, including the elimination of birthright citizenship via constitutional amendment during the administration of George W. Bush when the GOP had the House, the Senate and the executive branch. Unfortunately Bush was a globalist who pushed amnesty, not real border control. When he couln’t Get his amnesty plan through Congress he simply loosened enforcement at the border and ignored the situation.
Today we have a fighting President with the passion to protect the border but with a Congess and bureaucracy determined to keep the border open. If Trump can’t get the laws rewritten in the next two years the opportunity to control immigration will be lost. Executive orders can be erased by future presidents with the stroke of a pen. Legislation is harder to repeal (Obamacare is a shining example) and Constitutional amendments are virtually impossible to erase.
Unfortunately a citizenship Constitutional amendment would not get the votes in Congress today much less be passed by enough states. If the GOP fails to retain both houses of Congress, immigration legislation and funding for the wall will be off the table forever.
The constitution did not set up “birthright citizenship!”
Which may well be the intent. The President cannot overturn federal law with an Executive Order. But he can issue one and the challenges to it will allow the courts to finally decide the matter.
Good man!
YES!!!
This was always a leftist distortion of the language anyway. Kill it.
Way to go Pres Trump. Sadly I fear some liberal judge will block it in a nano second
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. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.I don't think he can do it via EO.
He’s timing this out perfectly to combat the dims, and get all of his supporters to the voting booths. He’s very clever.
Yay pen and phone legislation.
Imagine that. A president who keeps his word!
“... AND subject to their jurisdiction”
The left always ignore that part.
Please, Mr. President, do it...Winning...
Get stock in Orville Redenbacher
Any honest article would specify that Melmed was in the Obama administration.
Great. It will come down to a legal challenge thru SCOTUS. It would have been better if Congress had passed a law eliminating birthright citizenship, which would then be challenged legally.
My fear is that SCOTUS will rule against the Executive Order on process grounds and defer the decision to Congress without resolving it legallly. In any event, this will eventually determine if a Constitutional amendment is needed or not.