President-elect Donald Trump said he is committed to ending birthright citizenship. But some legal experts believe his proposal to do it is unconstitutional.
Trump has doubled down on his plan to end birthright citizenship, among other immigration promises.Sunday on "Meet the Press," he said he’d end it by executive order."I don’t want to be breaking up families. So, the only way you don’t break up the family is you keep them together, and you have to send them all back," he said.But constitutional lawyer David Coale said, in his opinion, that’s not something the president can do.
Coale said making a change to the Constitution would require ratification from three-fourths of the states.In Sunday’s interview, Trump hinted he may have to go to the states. But he maintains he can eliminate birthright citizenship by executive action.
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