'Litigation is a certainty': Trump's call to end birthright citizenship would face a mountain of opposition(www.nbcnews.com)

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Donald Trump has pledged to end birthright citizenship through an executive order if re-elected, targeting the 14th Amendment’s provision that grants citizenship to all born in the U.S.

Critics argue this policy would defy the Constitution, specifically its post-Civil War intent to ensure citizenship for former slaves.

Legal experts widely agree that the Amendment’s language includes children born to undocumented parents, but Trump’s proposal could lead to an immediate legal battle.

The policy would require federal agencies to verify parents’ immigration status, complicating access to Social Security numbers and passports for U.S.-born children.

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Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world

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1 month ago

My brother in Christ his family were immigrants here at one point, not to mention his wife and her parents…

But she had a decent rack 20 years ago so that qualifies her and everybody associated with her under the “look at those tits, tho” exception.

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