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Trump says he wants to end birthright citizenship

<p>President Donald Trump says he wants to end birthright citizenship, which was included 150 years ago as the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.</p>

News 12 Staff

Oct 30, 2018, 12:21 PM

Updated 2,290 days ago

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Trump says he wants to end birthright citizenship
President Donald Trump says he wants to end birthright citizenship, which was included 150 years ago as the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
Section 1, which contains the Citizenship Clause, of the 14th Amendment states: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
"It was always told to me that you needed a constitutional amendment. Guess what? You don't," Trump told "Axios on HBO" during an interview slated to air Sunday. "You can definitely do it with an act of Congress. But now they're saying I can do it just with an executive order."
News 12 spoke with immigration lawyer Chris Cabanillas, who said there would “be a lawsuit pretty quickly against it that seeks an injunction.”
“It's without question that it's going to have to be fought through court to be enforceable, ultimately because of the 14th Amendment," says Cabanillas.
Trump says during the interview that the United States is the only country in the world that allows birthright citizenship. That’s not true. According to World Atlas, there are 29 other countries that allow children born of immigrants to become citizens, some with a few stipulations.