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Article II, Section I of the United States Constitution and the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantee citizenship to individuals born within the United States. The Supreme Court has also recognized in a 19th century case, United States v. Wong Kim Ark, the 'fundamental rule of citizenship by birth,'
Citizenship is one of our nation’s most precious privileges. By introducing this legislation, we are taking an important step to restore integrity to our immigration system and prioritise the interests of American citizens,
Radical Leftists can either choose to swim against the tide and reject the overwhelming will of the people, or they can get on board and work with President Trump,
There is no legitimate legal debate on this question. But the fact that Trump is dead wrong will not prevent him from inflicting serious harm right now on American families like my own,
The president cannot, with a stroke of a pen, write the 14th Amendment out of existence, period,
New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin told The Associated Press It’s a great programme.”
Trump, who had tried to ban the visa programme during his first term, threw his weight behind Musk, saying The 14th Amendment says what it means, and it means what it says – if you are born on American soil, you are an American. Period. Full stop,
I also like very competent people coming into our country, even if that involves them training and helping other people that may not have the qualifications they do,
Trump would be much better off focusing on lowering taxes and cracking down on immigrants who are here illegally and have committed crimes,
I’ve looked at multiple polls, looked at the question asked multiple different ways,
You don’t really see consistency like this across many poll questions but you see it here,
I understand the concerns that people have on chain migration," as Michigan borders Canada "and there is a lot of crossover that's back and forth between our citizens."
I don't think it's inconceivable (that it will be upheld), which is what I would have said in 2019,
Amanda Frost, a law professor at the University of Virginia told The New York Times The US has managed to completely avoid that, because our political identity has for centuries now been borne on the premise that, if you're born in the US, you are an American,
All you needed before was a birth certificate proving you were born here... now, you'd have to show extensive documentation of your ancestry and your parents' citizenship,
It has helped assimilation by giving people who are born here an immediate sense of belonging,
(The ... The Supreme Court’s decision) said that the right of citizenship is not a matter of inheritance, that it never descends from generation to generation, it is related to where you’re born,
This second sentence of the Amendment means that states have to respect the Bill of Rights as well as basic civil rights and the rights that come along with citizenship,
The 14th Amendment was designed to overturn this decision and define citizenship once and for all, and it was based on birthright,
For Asian immigrants, the racial argument at the time was that ‘It didn’t matter whether one were born in the US or not, Asians as a race, are unassimilable. They are diametrically opposite from us Americans,
