Birthright Citizenship A Pernicious Lie That’s Destroying America

Source: The Federalist
by John Daniel Davidson

“On his first day in office, President Trump did the country a great service by issuing an executive order rejecting birthright citizenship as a requirement of the 14th Amendment. Whether Trump’s order will withstand the legal challenges remains to be seen (a federal judge in Seattle temporarily blocked the order on Thursday). But the challenges themselves will force a reckoning on this issue, perhaps even at the Supreme Court. Such a reckoning is overdue. For far too long we have accepted without question the outlandish idea that every single person born on U.S. soil automatically becomes an American citizen, and that the 14th Amendment somehow mandates this suicidal policy.” [editor’s note: Yes, the 14th Amendment says what it says. Yes, the 14th Amendment means what it says, and what its framers clearly and unambigously argued that it meant. That’s the “reckoning” required – TLK] (01/24/25)

https://thefederalist.com/2025/01/24/birthright-citizenship-is-a-pernicious-lie-thats-destroying-america/