Axios: Exclusive: Trump targeting birthright citizenship with executive order
President Trump plans to sign an executive order that would remove the right to citizenship for babies of non-citizens and unauthorized immigrants born on U.S. soil, he said yesterday in an exclusive interview for "Axios on HBO," a new four-part documentary news series debuting on HBO this Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET/PT.
Why it matters: This would be the most dramatic move yet in Trump's hardline immigration campaign, this time targeting "anchor babies" and "chain migration." And it will set off another stand-off with the courts, as Trump’s power to do this through executive action is debatable to say the least.
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WNU Editor: I live in Canada, and a few blocks from my home are a row of apartment buildings that act essentially as a dumping ground for illegal immigrants to stay in Canada until their immigration/asylum case is heard (which takes a long time). I would say that almost half the women who are there are pregnant. Is birthright citizenship being abused in Canada .... from my part of the world I would have to say yes. Is it being abused in the U.S. .... I would not be surprised. I know in Europe .... the U.K., France, etc. .... these countries eliminated birthright citizenship a few years ago. Russian citizenship is interesting. If one of your parents were a Soviet citizen and you were born abroad, you can claim Russian citizenship even though you never lived there.
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