AMMAN — Former US President Trump pledge to remove
birthright citizenship in 2024 White House campaign, announcing on Tuesday he
would seek to end via executive order on his first day in office.
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His plan, which coincides on the 125th anniversary of United
States v. Wong Kim Ark, the Supreme Court case that established the
constitutional right to birthright citizenship, echoes a longtime demand of
immigration restrictions and a measure Trump toyed with while in office,
attracting criticism from both immigration advocates and legal experts.
Experts don’t agree
Most experts agree that a president does not have authority
to end birthright citizenship through an executive order, primarily because the
practice is enshrined in the Constitution, The Hill reported.
The 14th Amendment grants citizenship to those “born or
naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof.”
The widely accepted interpretation of that amendment — that
it applies to children born in the United States regardless of the parents’
immigration status — has held since an 1898 Supreme Court case involving a U.S.
citizen with Chinese parents.
The 14th amendment was adopted after the Civil War to
guarantee equal rights for former slaves – immigration restrictions argue that
excludes the children of other groups like undocumented immigrants from its
benefits.
Most experts agree that a president does not have authority
to end birthright citizenship through an executive order, primarily because the
practice is enshrined in the Constitution.
14th amendment
The 14th Amendment grants citizenship to those “born or
naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof.”
The widely accepted interpretation of that amendment — that
it applies to children born in the United States regardless of the parents’
immigration status — has held since an 1898 Supreme Court case involving a U.S.
citizen with Chinese parents.
The 14th amendment was adopted after the Civil War to
guarantee equal rights for former slaves – immigration restrictions argue
that excludes the children of other groups like undocumented immigrants from
its benefits.
But Trump had floated ending birthright citizenship earlier
in his presidency.
Trump in 2018 said in
an Axios interview that he planned to issue an executive order ending
birthright citizenship, setting off a political firestorm.
“It was always told to me that you needed a constitutional
amendment. Guess what? You don’t,” Trump said at the time.
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