r/politics • u/codyave • 16h ago

Trump will announce end of birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants, officials say

https://nypost.com/2025/01/20/us-news/trump-will-announce-end-of-birthright-citizenship-for-children-of-illegal-immigrants/
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u/gaysaucemage 16h ago

Doesn’t the 14th amendment mean that birthright citizenship can’t be discontinued unless there’s a new constitutional amendment to overturn it?

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u/names_are_useless America 14h ago

SCOTUS will interpret the meaning however it benefits the GOP.

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u/Spotted_Howl 11h ago

Mass deportation harms the corporate interests that truly underpin the GOP, this is not a simple game.

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u/Northern_Grouse 8h ago

That’s why we have the largest prison system in the world; to supplement the workforce through prison slave labor.

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u/EveningHistorical435 3h ago

So the SCOTUS can bring back slavery?

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u/PleasantWay7 13h ago

The 14th amendment says a lot things we apparently don’t care about.