Posted on 07/17/2025 7:14:32 AM PDT by Red Badger
In epic news for the MAGA movement and its mass deportation agenda, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) has pushed forward legislation that, if passes, will finally put an end to birthright citizenship, codifying into federal law what President Trump has tried to accomplish via executive order.
As background, the 14th Amendment’s provision that made all former slaves citizens of the United States after the US Civil War has since been used to enshrine the concept of “birthright citizenship,” meaning that anyone who is born here is a citizen even if neither parent is an American citizen, or even here legally.
Because many illegal aliens have children while in America, that has ballooned the population of leftist-minded citizens who many in the MAGA movement think aren’t really American citizens in the real sense of the term and thus shouldn’t legally be treated as American citizens. President Trump evidently agrees, as shown by his executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship.
More effective than an executive order, however, would be a law, which is what Sen. Cotton is trying to accomplish with the bill he is introducing to the Senate. Called the Constitutional Citizenship Clarification Act, it would, if passed, amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify who receives birthright citizenship and who does not.
Under the clarification of the act as provided in Sen. Cotton’s bill, “anchor babies” born in America to illegal aliens will no longer be eligible for birthright citizenship. Further, the CCCA would clarify that those who are born in America to either foreign terrorists or foreign spies are not rewarded with birthright citizenship.
Speaking about the bill in a statement reported upon by Breitbart, Sen. Cotton argued that there should be no constitutional right for illegal aliens to cross the border and have their children be American citizens, as they shouldn’t be here in the first place. He said, “There is no constitutional right for illegal aliens to cross the border to gain citizenship for their children.”
Continuing, he explained that birthright citizenship has been a magnet that has drawn ever more illegal aliens into the country, and that ending it will help end the Biden-inflicted border crisis. He said, “Granting birthright citizenship to illegal aliens has contributed to the highest levels of illegal immigration in history. Fixing this will help reduce the damage from Joe Biden’s catastrophic border crisis.”
Further, Sen. Cotton tweeted about the matter, noting that there is no Constitutional reason we have to allow the illegal immigrant magnet to continue. He said, “Birthright citizenship for illegal aliens has no basis in the Constitution. It’s a magnet for illegal immigration. President Trump is absolutely right to work to end this abusive practice.”
Sen. Cotton has also remained committed to promoting ICE, Border Patrol, and the DHS generally taking a much harder line with illegal immigration, ending the “catch and release” border policy in which caught illegals were released into the United States anyway, for which the Biden Administration was infamous.
Announcing the move, DHS said, “The Biden administration dangerously unleashed millions of unvetted illegal aliens into American communities—and they used many loopholes to do so. President Trump and Secretary Noem are now enforcing this law as it was actually written to keep America safe. Politicians and activists can cry wolf all they want, but it won’t deter this administration from keeping these criminals and lawbreakers off American streets—and now thanks to the Big Beautiful Bill, we will have plenty of bed space to do so.”
Sen. Cotton, praising the decision to end the policy and take a much tougher line on illegal immigration in a quote tweet, noted, “Great news. I commend President Trump and @DHSgov for ending the outrageous ‘catch & release’ policy that encouraged illegal immigration and made a mockery of our sovereignty.”
Watch Trump sign the executive order ending birthright citizenship here:
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Great! But end birth tourism too while you’re at it.
About time the GOP started waking up. They’d better be successful, and keep going, or else they will be replaced with those who will.
This is good.
The Civil War was not fought because of a mass of illegal aliens rushing across the border.
Nor was CW fought because of prayer in schools, or for that matter the CW was not about gay marriage.
The 14th Amendment is a slavery amendment. It makes sense that all interpretation of the 14th amendment as such should have a strong gravity toward the issue of slavery.
Originalism in the interpretation of the 14th amendment will do a lot of good to solve many of the problems we face.
A careful reading of the 14th Amendment will yield the conclusion that "birthright citizenship" is a fraud against its original intent.
Let’s hope it can pass and very soon. I will not be holding my breath though.
As you pass through any number of airports across the globe you see them. Particularly at hubs such as Heathrow where they come from former colonies trying to hide the bump, sneak into the US, stay with relatives and deliver a baby. It is an industry around the globe managing such illegal entries and providing a place to have a baby if there are no relatives or friends present in the US.
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.
For example: Guatemalan woman, who enters the US illegally, is still a citizen of Guatemala and subject to their laws. A child born to her takes on that subjegation and nationality. This concept of "Jus sanguinis," - right of the blood - Is how the entire world has worked throughout history, was the intent behind the 14th Amendment when fixing the situation of freed slaves, and still works today nearly everywhere.
For the last 60 years, American leftists have shamed us into ignoring this.
Pregnant women traveling to the U.S to give birth, so as to obtain U.S. citizenship for the child, should also be ended.
Good post.
We need numbers on how many of these folks gamed the system. How many returned to the country of origin planning for the future.
I am looking forward to the midterm commercials touting the over whelmingly effective governance and promising to go further with wider caucus margins.
They don’t ignore it, not entirely, they find it a very suitable thing for word play and propaganda when needed. It’s like this:
“””But but butif they aren’t subject to our laws then what if they commit murder they will surely be thrown in our prisons, so they are subject to our jurisdiction!”””
No. An illegal who murders an American is not then granted citizenship in the course of processing and imprisonment of the crime of murder.
They’re still a subject (of Guatemala, you said) of the country they came from.
Master propagandists, these progressives.
Anchor babies need to be deported along with their welfare leach parents. It would be fantastic to see the filthy Kamala Harris and Joy Reid get deported. /spit
Good for the GOP. Get it thru.
Will passage require 60 votes?
We need a new census...The Dems picked up more than 20 seats with their illegals.
Not much reason to come here to give birth if your kid doesn't get citizenship.
If they want to give birth here just for bragging rights, I'm OK with that. They'll be spending money here.
GOP and ACTION in the same sentence is quite hilarious. Is this mark steyn?
If it does the proposal is not worth the paper it is written on. Just a waste of time.
That’s what I was wondering. More of a stunt than a reality. Perhaps after the midterms.
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