Yes but...will the next President have any electoral reason to reverse this?
What will he run on, the terrible injustice of not giving citizenship to some illegal alien’s kid?
Not a lotta traction in that one.
The interpretations of the 14th Amendment in Wong Kim Ark and the Dicta in Plyler v. Doe were made in the darkness of turgid legal opinions by the SCOTUS. The citizenry had no idea that these decisions were being made or they would have opposed them. It was only years after the fact that the reality started coming out: the “court” had sold us out.
Once it entered the political debate arena again, it’s a slam dunk: no one wants line jumpers to be rewarded. And any Rat candidate who wants to try to run on that line will find it a losing proposition.
Clarification by the Congress is needed, but for the moment, an EO directing the State Department is enough. Sure, there will be a lawsuit. Peter Schey will likely come out of retirement foaming at the mouth. But this time everyone’s watching, and it’s not 1975 anymore.
Please note that President Trump is specifically referring to birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants, among others.