Donald Trump announced Tuesday that if he is elected president, he will end birthright citizenship as part of an attempt to stop undocumented immigration to the United States.

Undoing the Fourteenth Amendment would be a lengthy and complicated process, which the former president does not seem to understand.

“As part of my plan to secure the border, on day one of my new term in office, I will sign an executive order making clear to federal agencies that under the correct interpretation of the law, going forward the future children of illegal aliens will not receive automatic U.S. citizenship,” Trump said in a video posted on his Truth Social platform.

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  • PissWarlock [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    if he does this and newborns are rendered stateless at birth can they apply for refugee status somewhere less bad when they’re older?

    • Eris235 [undecided]
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      2 years ago

      I mean, 'birthright citizen' is generally common in the Americas, and generally uncommon outside the Americas. Europe, for example, generally doesn't just give you citizen status for being born there, you (usually) have to have at least one parent already be a citizen, otherwise your stuck waiting till you're older and can apply for yourself (in the standard 'application for citizenship' process).

      So, yeah, its not the hardest for a child to be born with no native citizenship. (though usually the child will be pushed towards citizenship in the country the parents are from, if possible)