Ending birthright citizenship would be as unconstitutional as it is unproductive

Published October 30, 2018 12:57pm ET



According to an Axios interview, President Trump plans to sign an executive order aimed at revoking the principle of birthright citizenship for all babies born on American soil.

Thanks to unique combination of chutzpah and chance, the president has delivered on a variety of promises, such as the move of the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and unprecedented victories in the Middle East, to incredible success. But to defy the explicit intentions of our Founding Fathers and the revolutionary philosophy of our nation’s very creation would be unconscionable.

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