Trump Vows to End Birthright Citizenship for Children of Illegal Immigrants

By Casey Harper (The Middle Sq.)

Former President Donald Trump, who’s operating for the Republican 2024 presidential nomination, introduced a brand new immigration coverage that he’ll implement on “day one” if elected.

Trump launched a video Tuesday saying that if he’s reelected he’ll signal an government order ending birthright citizenship for the kids of unlawful immigrants.

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At present, if an unlawful immigrant has a toddler within the U.S. that baby is mechanically a U.S. citizen.

“Are you able to think about?” Trump stated within the video. “They are going to be eligible for welfare, taxpayer-funded healthcare, the proper to vote, chain migration, and numerous different authorities advantages, lots of which may even revenue the unlawful alien dad and mom.”

The coverage change might face authorized challenges and push different Republican contenders to take a tricky stance on the problem.

Trump argued altering the citizenship coverage will take away a key incentive for unlawful immigration.

“This coverage is a reward for breaking the legal guidelines of the USA and is clearly a magnet serving to draw the flood of illegals cross our borders,” he added.

Trump referred to as out “start tourism” the place pregnant unlawful immigrants purposefully enter the U.S. simply earlier than giving start.

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The announcement comes as unlawful immigration has soared since President Joe Biden took workplace. As The Middle Sq. beforehand reported, federal information reveals that the variety of folks illegally coming into the U.S. via the southern border within the first 4 months of 2023 is bigger than the inhabitants of six states.

Trump gave a nod to that surge, calling it an “invasion.”

The spike in unlawful immigration, and the trafficking of fentanyl that goes together with it, have helped propel this concern to the forefront as soon as once more within the Republican main.

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