WASHINGTON, Jan 20 - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed executive orders declaring illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border a national emergency, designating criminal cartels as terrorist organizations, and targeting automatic citizenship for U.S.-born children of immigrants in the country illegally.
Trump also signed an order expected to suspend the U.S. refugee resettlement program for four months, although the text of the orders was not immediately available.
He can’t do the children born in the us of illegals without a constitutional amendment.
ngl it would be mildly funny to see no sabo kids deported (mexican americans that do not speak spanish)
My understanding is that the courts have never actually ruled on the interpretation of the Constitution’s language, and that the “natural-born citizen” phrasing is vague. It may simply be an attempt to get the current Supreme Court to rule on it in a xenophobic way
Having listened to enough 5-4 podcast, I would venture to bet that they’ll tie themselves in knots to justify exactly that line of reasoning, too.
Assuming laws matter