Trump’s challenges and implications of ending birthright citizenship on Day One

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President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship for all would-be Americans is expected to meet an onslaught of challenges that immigration experts predict the White House will not be able to withstand.

Trump vowed on Sunday in an interview with NBC News Meet the Press anchor Kristen Welker to walk back the 14th Amendment, which automatically gives any person born on U.S. soil American citizenship.

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