Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., reacts to President-elect Trump's promise to end birthright citizenship.
In President-elect Donald Trump’s recent interview with NBC News’ Kristen Welker, host of “Meet the Press,” he once again promised to end birthright citizenship when he takes office in January. “You know we’re the only country that has it,” Trump falsely claimed. While he flubbed many of the details about birthright citizenship, our focus should be on how radical a change it would truly be to no longer guarantee citizenship and its privileges to every child born in the United States.
citizens into undocumented aliens before they’ve completed their first day on Earth. Trump’s campaign argued that the change is needed to deter illegal border crossings and prevent what’s derisively called “anchor babies” from acting as a backdoor for undocumented parents to remain. But the requirement would also exclude babies born to parents who are in the U.S. legally but aren’t permanent residents.
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