Worried about Trump repealing birthright citizenship? Then thank God for his judges

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President Trump is now talking about changing birthright citizenship by executive order. Not only that, but he’s berating those who think this cannot lawfully be done – specifically, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis.

Ryan had commented that “You cannot end birthright citizenship with an executive order. We didn’t like it when [former President Barack Obama] tried changing immigration laws via executive action and obviously as conservatives we believe in the Constitution.”

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