President Trump is reportedly considering putting out an executive order in his final weeks in office to target birthright citizenship, according to two sources who spoke to The Hill.
President Trump is seen at a White House briefing on November 20, 2020. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
Ending birthright citizenship which guarantees citizenship to anyone born on US soil, regardless of the citizenship of their parents has been something Trump's talked about doing since his 2016 campaign.
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is an example of someone who gained her citizenship this way. Her Indian mother and Jamaican father were not yet US citizens when they had her in California in 1964.
When reached for comment, a White House spokesman said he wouldn't "speculate or comment on potential executive action."
President Donald Trump is considering an executive action to target birthright citizenship in his final weeks in office, according to two sources who spoke with The Hill in a report published on Friday.
Birthright citizenship is the policy whereby anyone who is born in the US is immediately granted citizenship, regardless of whether their parents have citizenship or not.
It's guaranteed under the 14th Amendment, which states in part that "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." More than 30 countries mostly in the Western Hemisphere have birthright citizenship.
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is an example of someone who received their US citizenship in this way. Harris's Indian mother and Jamaican father were not yet US citizens when she was born in California in 1964, but she became a US citizen.
President Trump is seen at a White House briefing on November 20, 2020. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
Ending birthright citizenship which guarantees citizenship to anyone born on US soil, regardless of the citizenship of their parents has been something Trump's talked about doing since his 2016 campaign.
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is an example of someone who gained her citizenship this way. Her Indian mother and Jamaican father were not yet US citizens when they had her in California in 1964.
When reached for comment, a White House spokesman said he wouldn't "speculate or comment on potential executive action."
President Donald Trump is considering an executive action to target birthright citizenship in his final weeks in office, according to two sources who spoke with The Hill in a report published on Friday.
Birthright citizenship is the policy whereby anyone who is born in the US is immediately granted citizenship, regardless of whether their parents have citizenship or not.
It's guaranteed under the 14th Amendment, which states in part that "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." More than 30 countries mostly in the Western Hemisphere have birthright citizenship.
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is an example of someone who received their US citizenship in this way. Harris's Indian mother and Jamaican father were not yet US citizens when she was born in California in 1964, but she became a US citizen.
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