End of Birthright Citizenship? (ft. Liz Dye)

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[EBDMG]

Remember folks, when someone says “The Government would never do that” oh they would. And they have.

[drmajalis]

That joke in Futurama where the head of Nixon says "Oh yeah? Well I know a place where the constitution means squat!" and then it cuts to the Supreme Court continues to age uncomfortably well

[TransitTechLA]

So let me get this straight. The 2nd Amendment is an "enshrined constitutional right" but the 14th Amendment is "woke policy that needs to be abolished"

[galaxytraveler]

“In the beginning, there was racism”
And that sums up all you need to know about America and the current war on immigrants

[scytaleghola]

Donald Trump's grandfather and grandmother were not US citizens, Therefore, Donald Trump's father was not a US citizen (if there is no birthright citizenship). Donald Trump's mother came form Scotland and she was only granted citizenship on the (incorrect) assumption that Fred Trump was an American citizen. Therefore, neither of Donald Trump's parents were US citizens, so Donald Trump is not a US citizen.
Melania is an illegal immigrant. She entered the US as a visitor, but then did a lot of modeling work without a work visa. That violation made her ineligible for naturalization.
Baron would not be a US citizen.
Turtles all the way down...
[edit]
There are posts down below that claim that Frederick Trump was a US citizen before Fred Trump was born. There is no evidence of that. The court records for the court where Fredrick Trump claims to have gained his citizenship do not agree. Also, Frederick Trump had illegally fled Germany and was not eligible for US citizenship. Also again, Fredrick Trump went back to Germany to become a citizen, where he was required to renounce his US citizenship (if he had any). Because of his criminal past, Germany revoked his German citizenship and he returned to the US. However, once you renounce US citizenship, you cannot get it back (at least not easily). In the early 1900's many people falsely claimed to be US citizens because it was practically impossible to prove otherwise. Fredrick Trump was very likely one of them.

[Sigma]

Breaking News: Us supreme Court declares the Constitution unconstitutional

[coolnerdlll]

Elon was born in South Africa. The mental gymnastics required for the mindset of these people is absolutely mind-boggling.

[sandraespinosa]

“Confirming that Native Americans were indeed US Citizens” the audacity 😂😂😂😂

[mac]

The people who support removing the 14th amendment from the constituion tend to overlap with people who argue that you can't remove the 2nd amendment because it's part of the constitution.
Gotta love the double standards.

[john]

“Hey at this point who cares about the Constitution anyways?” -The Supreme Court, Defenders of the Constitution

[Insertusernamehere]

Man they really told that man “we kidnapped your ancestors so you’re not a citizen here” as if he had anything to do with THEIR crime against HIS family wtf

[KRFTWRK]

This whole debate reminds me of the discussion we have here in my home country - about who was and wasn't a "true german". I'd rather not get into that. Here's the takeaway: Once there is precedent for one minority losing their rights, they'll soon come for everybody they deem "unfit".

[joelhahn]

Congress has previously ignored the 14th Amendment to remove citizenship from law-abiding, natural-born citizens, so unfortunately, thete is ample precedent. Specifically, in the Expatriation Act of 1907, which declared that women who married non-citizen men, even those who were permanent residents, automatically lost their citizenship. And when that part of the law was rewritten in 1934, it wasn't made retroactive, so affected women--who may have never left the U.S. their whole lives--had to _apply to get their citizenship back_

My great-grandmother was one of those affected by this law, so this hits close to home.

[tonymouannes]

They're mixing up illegal immigrants and legal non-permanent residents. Politicians like to say things that sound smart, not things that are actually smart.

[kenwarner]

Melania Trump became a citizen on July 28, 2006. Baron Trump was born March 20th, 2006; that’s four months before his mother had citizenship. I hope the President will set an example by sending his son “home” first.

[michellesum]

Has Trump forgotten that his own father benefited from birthright citizenship?🤦‍♀️ if his father wasn’t granted US Citizenship by birth, that means Trump wouldn’t have been a US Citizen because his mother is also an immigrant from Scotland

[ragerancher]

"We had a war in which the Confederacy lost"

Yeah, it seems they keep forgetting that bit.

[PhoenixMcGinnis]

This is why you don't elect people to office that can't pass a 5th grade test on history.

[HPLovecats]

I'm sure this will bring down the price of eggs

[wendycuevas]

I am a third generation American. 2 of my grandparents were Mexican immigrants (legal) and the other was a British immigrant (also legal). My one grandparent who was born American also had a British mother. My parents are U.S. citizens but only by birth in the United States. I'm mixed race obviously but all of this mess is just making me contemplate going back to the UK (not sure if they'd welcome someone like me though). I can't gain citizenship by descent but I might try a work visa or something like that. I never thought there'd be a day in my life where I, an American citizen by birth, a native English speaker, and a taxpayer would consider returning to the UK. The government will gladly consider me American to collect my tax dollars but when it comes to everything else, will make me feel like I don't belong here. I even had friends who knew full well who I was, who voted against me. I don't know what to think about it all.



Maybe I'm just being paranoid.
I might not belong there either.