President Trump offered a dramatic promise during a new interview to unilaterally end birthright citizenship,Ratcheting his hardline immigration rhetoric with a week to go before critical midterm elections.
I became a citizen in the 7th grade,my little brothers and all of my cousins were born here,if Trump were to take away birthright citizenship it would make things harder for not just them,but alot of classmates and people around U.S who's relatives came from a foreign country.
I just want to put an emphasis on the word “claims” in the title, because I feel like our president “claims” he can do a lot of things. I believe that, while he probably does have the power to do this, it is completely and totally impossible when it comes to the final decisions of the other governmental branches and the people of our country. And above that it confuses me as to why he would even want to do this, considering so many current citizens of our country are birthright citizens.
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I'm interested to see if Trump-supporters who are very passionate about upholding the 2nd amendment would be upset about Trump saying this because birthright citizenship is part of the 14th amendment.
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DeleteI'm a strong second amendment advocate, and I would like to offer the viewpoint of my fellow conservatives and right-wingers.
DeleteNowhere in the Constitution is birthright citizenship actually guaranteed. The fourteenth amendment states that, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States AND SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION THEREOF, are citizens of the United States." This means that a person must have legal and permanent residency in the U.S. for their children to be born citizens becuase they must be in order to be subject to the jurisditction of the U.S. If an illegal alien comes to America, they are not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, but of their home country because they do not have legal reidency in the U.S. If a foreign diplomat has a child in the U.S. while away from home, that child does not have U.S. citizenship, but is still subject to their parent's country. This is because the diplomat does not have permanent residency in the U.S. This is also the case with tourists.
Also, the power to do this does not rest in the hands of the president. This could be done by a bill, or possibly by Congress, but it is no power delegated to the executive branch. I believe we can agree that this is not what executive orders are for.
So to answer you in short, I'm not particularly upset about President Trump saying this; it's just incorrect. However, I do support the end of birthright citizenship as it is practiced today.
https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/Print/PolicyManual-Volume7-PartO-Chapter3.html
DeleteThis is where I got some of the information from: the United State Citizenship and Immigration Services.
He makes a lot of promises, but I don’t think that he can keep them.
ReplyDeleteI agree that he is always make promises that he doesn’t keep and then just decides on the things that he wants.
ReplyDeleteI feel like people don't understand that the things he says are really damaging. While policies might not change, him saying these things fuel hate.
ReplyDeleteHow did we end up with a president who's entire existence is loaded with ignorance and prejudice? And it still boggles my mind that people are satisfied and even pleased with his decisions. The fact of the matter is, unless you are a Native American, all of us are immigrants. That is exactly what are nation was built off of. For us to exclude others from entering our country and then deny their children citizenship based off of hasty generalizations is by far one of the hugest ignominies of America.
ReplyDeleteEven if he says he can do this, theres no way he can take away something from the bill of rights that has been there for years. GRAYSON DECKER
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