Following a fourth choose’s ruling blocking his government order ending birthright citizenship for the youngsters of unlawful immigrants, President Donald Trump took to Reality Social to say that the Founding Fathers are “spinning in their graves” and that the 14th Modification was for former slaves, not illegals.
“Our lawyers and Judges have to be tough, and protect America!” the president chided.
“The 14th Amendment Right of American Citizenship never had anything to do with modern-day ‘gate crashers,’ illegal immigrants who break the Law by being in our Country, it had everything to do with giving Citizenship to former slaves,” he wrote.
“Our Founding Fathers are ‘spinning in their graves”’ at the concept that our Nation may be taken away from us,” he added. “No Nation within the World has something like this.”
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President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship is getting congressional backup from border state Republicans and others. (Getty Images)
In what has become perhaps his most controversial move yet, Trump issued an executive order on his first day back in the Oval Office to end the practice of granting birthright citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants.
The order – titled “Defending the That means and Worth of American Citizenship” – states that “the privilege of United States citizenship doesn’t robotically lengthen to individuals born in the USA” when that person’s parents are either unlawfully present in the U.S. or when the parents’ presence is lawful but temporary.
Since he signed the order, lawsuits have been filed by two dozen Democratic-led states and cities and several civil rights groups. Four federal district judges have issued rulings temporarily blocking the order as it works through the long judicial process.
The latest ruling, issued by U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin last week, said the “Structure confers birthright citizenship broadly, together with to individuals throughout the classes described” in the order.
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In response, several Republican states and America First Legal have filed amicus briefs in favor of Trump’s order, arguing that it is entirely constitutional and well within the original meaning of the 14th Amendment and in line with previous rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The 14th Amendment was passed in 1868 and was designed to extend citizenship to African American former slaves. The amendment states that “all individuals born or naturalized in the USA, and topic to the jurisdiction thereof, are residents of the USA and of the State whereby they reside.”
After filing two amicus briefs in support of Trump’s order, America First Vice President Dan Epstein told Fox News Digital that the phrase “topic to the jurisdiction thereof” implies that residents should owe their political allegiance to the U.S., not some international energy or tradition.
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Epstein believes Trump’s order would restore the constitutional principle that only those who are subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. – that is loyal, law-abiding Americans – are citizens. He believes the case will likely end up in the Supreme Court, where he is confident it will ultimately be upheld.
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“My expectation is that it is a no-brainer. The legislation is evident, ‘subject to the jurisdiction thereof’ has to imply one thing,” he said. “So, it is not a really exhausting query. It is a very clear query and the legislation has a really clear reply.”
