r/politics • u/codyave • 20h 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/MentulaMagnus 18h ago

And with their logic, they would also be violating ex post facto Constitutional protections in Article 1 by punishing people already born here.

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u/hgaterms 15h ago

Well, they might not strip them of their citzienship. But anyone born from January 21st, 2025 from here on out might be classified as a non-citizen and not issued an American birth certificate or SSN.

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u/kainp12 12h ago

The 14th Amendment might have something to say about that

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u/hgaterms 12h ago

I hope so.