What the 14th Amendment says about birthright citizenship
President Donald Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right enshrined in the 14th Amendment. We asked two experts in constitutional and immigration law to walk us through what the amendment says,
Can Trump End Birthright Citizenship? 14th Amendment Explained
Brad Jones, a professor of political science at the University of California Davis, told Newsweek. Birthright citizenship has been interpreted, repeatedly, as an integral part of the 14th Amendment. Trump isn't the first to weaponize birthright citizenship but he has been the most successful at bringing this issue to a boil.
To end birthright citizenship, Donald Trump misreads the constitution
America started doing so at the end of the civil war. The constitution was amended then to overturn the Dred Scott decision of 1857, which held that black people were not Americans. The 14th Amendment ensured that freed slaves and their children would henceforth be citizens.
Trump's order to end birthright citizenship. What does the U.S. Constitution say?
President Trump has signed an executive order to effectively end birthright citizenship. Here's what it means, and how the 14th Amendment is related.
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Trump issued an executive order that seeks to eliminate the 14th Amendment's guarantee of birthright citizenship
To end birthright citizenship, Trump misreads the constitution
America started doing so at the end of the Civil War. The constitution was amended then to overturn the Dred Scott decision of 1857, which held that black people were not Americans. The 14th Amendment ensured that freed slaves and their children would henceforth be citizens.
What the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution says about birthright citizenship
Shortly after being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump signed a host of executive orders, including a move to end birthright citizenship. His announcement has sparked a legal battle over immigration policies,
Trump right to end birthright citizenship abuse, says expert
Hans von Spakovsky, told Fox News Digital that the birthright citizenship clause in the 14th Amendment has been abused for “birth tourism” by illegal immigrants for years posing a serious threat to national security.
President Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship would overturn more than a century of precedent
U.S. President Donald Trump has said since his first administration that he wants to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right for everyone born in the United States.
How the modern Supreme Court might view the 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship
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