Letter: Birthright Citizenship and 14th Amendment

They’re Coming for Your Birthright: Citizenship as Spectacle, Transaction, or Privilege

A $5 million gold card. A reality show for migrants. A birthright under assault. Let us be very clear: the Trump Administration does not want citizenship to be a right. They want it to be a reward for the loyal, the rich, or the compliant. To this end, President Trump’s bid to unilaterally end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to undocumented immigrants is a modern-day Trojan horse masquerading as a concern for nation…

Letter: Birthright citizenship and 14th Amendment

Kim Mikflofsk Y Bayne got it partially correct in her opinion piece "MAGA Threatening 14th Amendment's Bedrock." The 14th Amendment meant to ensure the horrors of slavery and exclusion wouldn't be repeated. Clearly, the purpose was to guarantee former slaves…

Trump says birthright citizenship is only 'about the babies of slaves.' Historical evidence says otherwise.

The 1866 debate over birthright citizenship included a debate over immigration.

America’s Birthright Citizenship on the Chopping Block with Trump’s Latest Move

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald J. Trump’s latest vow to eliminate birthright citizenship through executive order has sent shockwaves through the legal, political, and human rights communities.  Reaffirming a hardline stance on immigration in his bid to return to the White House, Trump pledged to sign an order that would deny automatic U.S. citizenship to children born on American soil to undocumented immigrants — a move critics warn is unco…