AsianFin -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed off an Executive Order that ends birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants or on temporary visas.
In nearly eight hours after becoming the 47th commander in chief, Trump signed the executive order remarking “that’s a big one” as he affixed his signature. “People have wanted to do this for decades,” he said.
Incoming White House officials had previewed the order Monday morning, saying the federal government will no longer recognize the immediate citizenship of children of illegal immigrants born in the US “on a prospective basis."
Trump had discussed ending birthright citizenship on the campaign trail, but the action could raise legal questions, since the 14th Amendment states, “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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