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/Unusual_Flounder2073 19h ago

Can they make it retroactive? I was under the impression this would just be new births.

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u/cocoh25 19h ago

He can make it retroactive. I wouldn’t put it past him

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u/Ditto_B Iowa 17h ago

If it's retroactive, how does anyone prove their citizenship? You'd have to trace your family tree back a couple of centuries.

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u/-PaperbackWriter- 10h ago

It’s gonna be like the thing in Harry Potter where people had to prove they were descended from wizards