SFGATE: Can Trump really get rid of birthright citizenship with an order?
Can Trump really get rid of birthright citizenship with an order?"
Published on October 30, 2018 at 10:48PM by Chronicle News Services
President Trump announced in a newly-released video interview with Axios that he plans to sign an executive order to do away with birthright citizenship in America. Here’s what you need to know about birthright citizenship — and why the president wants to get rid of it. •What is birthright citizenship? It means that any person born on American soil is also considered a citizen of the nation. The concept is also known as “Jus Soli” (Latin for “right of the soil.”) It comes from the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which says that “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.
Published on October 30, 2018 at 10:48PM by Chronicle News Services
President Trump announced in a newly-released video interview with Axios that he plans to sign an executive order to do away with birthright citizenship in America. Here’s what you need to know about birthright citizenship — and why the president wants to get rid of it. •What is birthright citizenship? It means that any person born on American soil is also considered a citizen of the nation. The concept is also known as “Jus Soli” (Latin for “right of the soil.”) It comes from the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which says that “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.
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