- Trump wants to end birthright citizenship for children born in the US to unauthorized immigrant parents.
2. What does the Constitution say about citizenship?
- The Constitution, more specifically the 14th Amendment, says that all persons born in the US and “subject to the jurisdiction of its laws” are citizens.
3. How does Trump give false information about the US compared to the rest of the world about this issue?
- Trump claims the US is the only country that extends automatic citizenship to everyone born on its soil when in fact, more than 30 do.
4. What steps would have to take place before Trump was ready to sign an executive order?
- Before he signs an EO, it would need extensive review from the Department of Justice to assess its legality, and from the Department of Homeland Security and other departments to work out consequences.
5. What did the Supreme Court decide in Wong Kim Ark?
- That the children of noncitizens born in the United States are citizens.
6. Why might the Trump Administration feel that INS v Rios Pineda gives him legal grounds to issue this EO?
- He feels that this case gives him legal grounds to issue this EO because it has never been specifically upheld that children of unauthorized immigrants born in the United States are citizens, and in this case, someone challenged his deportation order because of her two U.S. born children, and a legal finding was never done in this regard.
7. Why might recent changes to the Supreme Court make the president confident that the SC would side with his actions?
- There are two Trump appointed justices, and the court is conservative so he believes they will side with him.
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