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On October 30, 2018, President Trump stated, in an interview with Axios on HBO, that he would end birthright citizenship (conferred by Section 1 of the 14th Amendment) through an executive order presumably targeting the children of undocumented parents. Let’s take a look at the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, in italics, below:

  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.  No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Professor Neal Katyal along with Kellyanne Conway‘s husband, George Conway III, wrote a new Washington Post op-ed on the president’s proposal to end birthright citizenship, “Trump’s proposal to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional” at the Washington Post. Below, Katyal joins Morning Joe to discuss:

Excerpt from this op-ed, by Professor Neal Katyal and George T. Conoway III, in italics, below:

“Sometimes the Constitution’s text is plain as day and bars what politicians seek to do. That’s the case with President Trump’s proposal to end “birthright citizenship” through an executive order. Such a move would be unconstitutional and would certainly be challenged. And the challengers would undoubtedly win….The fact that the two of us, one a conservative and the other a liberal, agree on this much despite our sharp policy differences underscores something it is critically important to remember during a time marked by so much rancor and uncivil discourse: Our Constitution is a bipartisan document, designed to endure for ages. Its words have meaning that cannot be wished away.”

House Speaker Paul Ryan refuted President Trump’s claim that he can end the right to citizenship for the children of non-citizens and unauthorized immigrants born on US soil. In the video “Paul Ryan: Trump can’t end birthright citizenship“, below:

Paul Ryan said, “Well, you obviously cannot do that. You cannot end birthright citizenship with an executive order. We didn’t like it when Obama tried changing immigration laws via executive action and obviously as conservatives we believe in the Constitution. As a conservative, I’m a believer in following the plain text of the Constitution and I think in this case the 14th Amendment is pretty clear. And that would involve a very, very lengthy constitutional process.”

Gathered, written, and posted by Windermere Sun-Susan Sun Nunamaker
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