Tuesday, April 14, 2026

The 14th Amendment Is Not a Suicide Pact - Chronicles

President Biden’s years-long abrogation of his duty to protect America’s borders from foreign invasion led to a nasty snapback when Donald Trump entered the Oval Office on Jan. 20, 2025.  - Mark G. Brennan
That day, President Trump issued Executive Order No. 14,160, “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship.” 
  • Trump’s edict sought to stop further issuance of citizenship documents to the children of either illegal aliens or temporary visitors. 
  • In other words, birthright citizenship—the granting of citizenship to babies born on U.S. soil regardless of their parents’ legal status—would be no more.
Consider the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause in its entirety:
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...

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