Donald Trump threatens to end birthright citizenship for babies born in US to non-citizens: All you need to know

Donald Trump the flamethrower launched a fresh attack on what he calls America’s “ridiculous” immigration system saying he plans to follow through on one of his campaign promises by ending via executive order birthright citizenship to children of non citizens - a Constitutional law that grants US citizenship to anybody born on US soil. New York: Donald Trump the flamethrower launched a fresh attack on what he calls America’s “ridiculous” immigration system saying in an interview that he plans to follow through on one of his campaign promises by ending via executive order birthright citizenship to children of non citizens - a Constitutional law that grants US citizenship to anybody born on US soil. Here are the operative portions: - “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.” - “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” How the story broke The birthright citizenship story burst into Tuesday morning headlines based on a mini transcript of comments Trump made to “Axios on HBO.” With just five weekdays to go before a high stakes election, Trump continues to bet on the same hot buttons that catapulted him into power two years ago. As Assistant Attorney General Walter Dellinger testified in 1995, “because the rule of citizenship acquired by birth within the United States is the law of the Constitution, it cannot be changed through legislation, but only by amending the Constitution… The amendment’s purpose was to remove the right of citizenship by birth from transitory political pressure”, reads part of a detailed blog.