Posted on 10/30/2018 6:44:29 AM PDT by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Trump to revoke birthright citizenship: President slams 'ridiculous' right of children born to illegal immigrants and vows to end it with executive order
Donald Trump plans to revoke the automatic citizenship rights of children born in the U.S. to illegal immigrants and other non-citizens.
In an interview with Axios, the president said he wants to sign an executive order ending the practice of giving citizenship to those who conservatives have long termed 'anchor babies.'
Trump, who has long been critical of the practice, said: 'We're the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States... with all of those benefits. It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous. And it has to end.'
The 14th Amendment of the Constitution, written in 1868, states: '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.'
Trump insists he can change the way the Amendment is interpreted by the federal government, without amending the Constitution itself, and can do it through an executive order.
Several Republicans running for president in 2016, including Trump and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, argued at the time that the phrase 'subject to the jurisdiction' refers only to people with a legal right to be in the country.
In a preview of an HBO documentary scheduled to air on Sunday, Trump reveals that 'it was always told to me that you needed a constitutional amendment. Guess what? You don't.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
This is a great first step. Almost no other country allows this arcane practice. Way past time to end it and several other bad faith immigration practices.
“subject to the jurisdiction” is a great clarifier.
Just need to work it backwards on those that already abused this.
Within the past 15 years, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia have revolked this ridiculous practice of rewarding children of lawbreaking parents with citizenship. European countries have never done this because it is a really stupid idea. That would also neatly solve the problem of another stupid practice, chain migration. That alone would save Americans billions of dollars in not having to support indigents who come in that way.
The return of common sense to the political arena.
babies of foreign nationals are not subject to the jurisdiction of the USA by fact the parents are subjects of another country and are applying for temporary asylum, not citizenship.
The president knows the RATS will take this to the courts, but besides being something that’s long overdue, this is a brilliant political move. The DNC and other top of the food chain RATS have been telling their candidates and those running for re-election to Congress to keep their mouths shut about immigration. This EO will force them to admit they’re all for illegal immigration because their Hispanic base will turn on them if they don’t, but a lot of fence sitters will vote R because of this. I think it’s safe to say the president dropped an October Surprise on the Dems and the Deep State Repukes!
At the WH, under the Honduran flag, then-Pres Obama met with El Salvador's Pres Salvador Sanchez Ceren
(from left), Guatemalan Pres Otto Perez Molina and Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez.
The parasites wave the Honduran flag, as they list the multiple identities they'll use to ride the US gravy train......and vote.
Trump also needs to issue an E/O to protect US taxpayers from foolish immigration laws that say we foot their travel bills when these so-called “terrified asylum seekers” go back to visit their war-torn homelands.
<><> News reports say Mexico’s Interior Department stated that two armed Hondurans ages 17 and 22 were arrested Monday;
one shot at Mexican police near the Hidalgo border crossing. The Glock failed to fire, and no agents were injured.
<><> Another reported Guatemala’s Interior Ministry said Guatemalan police officers were injured when the migrants
broke through border barriers on Guatemala’s side of the bridge. (hat tip NY POST) Guatemala’s Interior Ministry said Guatemalan police officers were injured when the migrants broke through border barriers on Guatemala’s side of the bridge. Mexico’s Interior Department said in a statement that two Hondurans ages 17 and 22 were arrested Monday when one of them tried to shoot at police in the town of Ignacio Zaragoza, near the Hidalgo border crossing. It said the Glock failed to fire, and no agents were injured.
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Pictured are Caravan marchers waiting patiently to get to America for a "new life." (sarc)
EVERY SENATE DEMOCRAT CO-SPONSORED FEINSTEIN'S BILL WHICH
BANS THE ARREST OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, "EVEN FOR SERIOUS CRIMES."
Democrat Sen Feinstein Promised That If Democrats Takeover at midterms, her "Border Separation Bill,"
W/ 46 Democratic And Two Independent Co-Sponsors, "Will Get Passed."
Do it. Even if the Judiciary overturns it, it is a poltical battle worth fighting.
Some time in politics having the fight, even if you lose, is better then conceding the field to the enemy.
“Trump also needs to issue an E/O to protect US taxpayers from foolish immigration laws that say we foot their travel bills when these so-called “terrified asylum seekers” go back to visit their war-torn homelands.”
WTH and WTF?
Seriously?
If true, he needs to also point this out.
That is established US immigration law.......
We pay their travel expenses to the violent homelands they escaped from....as they cash multiple US govt checks
NOTE: when the surviving Chechneyan Boston bomber was on trial, we paid to transport his entire family from Chechnaya (or wherever) to the US for his trial.
While the bombers’ family lived in the US, they collected from virtually every freebie fund available——some say it totaled ou $100,000.
It was never the intention of those who wrote the 14th amendment to allow the children of illegal invaders to be granted automatic citizenship. Wikipedia, Google, the mainstream media and all those claiming that this was the intention of the 14th amendment are lying. This has been an intentional misinterpretation of the law.
The second most ignored phrase of the Constitution, just behind "shall not be infringed."
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This is a great first step. Almost no other country allows this arcane practice. Way past time to end it and several other bad faith immigration practices.
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PLENTY of other countries w/ jus soli.
For once, an EO I can get behind (long as it’s via the FULL, plain reading of the 14th). Unfort. a govt of/for/by lawyers and can’t help but NO read, nor pervert, the simple English of the 14th A.
The 14th Amendment was never intended to apply to the children of illegal aliens.
About time some one tried to correct this.
Bush League Republicans would not.
I believe it was all about the former slaves and their children.
WHAT??? You’re kidding, right? Is there some caveat were not being told?
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