Trump is going to end birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants, stop the flow of immigrants.
President-elect Trump will sign an executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants, White House officials said Monday — one of a series of border-related orders he’ll sign to overhaul U.S. immigration policy and border security, and that would include a freeze on refugee resettlement for at least four months.
Officials told reporters at a press conference that Trump would sign an executive order clarifying language in the 14th Amendment and saying the federal government “will not grant automatic birthright citizenship to children of illegal aliens born in the United States.”
The 14th Amendment states that “all persons born or naturalized within the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state in which they reside.”
TRUMP TO DEPLOY TROOPS TO BORDER, END BIDEN’S PAROLE POLICIES WITH ONE-DAY FLY ORDER.
President Trump speaks with Border Patrol Agent Rodney Scott as he attends a ceremony commemorating the 200th mile of the border wall on June 23, 2020 in San Luis, Arizona. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
Some legal experts say such a move is a constitutional change and cannot be done by executive order. The move is sure to face a court challenge from civil rights groups and immigrant advocates.
Trump advisers and some conservative legal scholars have argued that the proposal to grant birthright citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants is a misreading of the amendment.
It is one of a slew of executive orders that Trump will sign in this regard. Border security And illegal immigration on the first day of office.
Fox News previously reported that Trump would order the deployment of US troops to the southern border, scrap Biden-era amnesty policies and designate international cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
Trump will direct the federal government to continue construction of the border wall and halt Biden’s amnesty policies — including the CBP One application for amnesty for immigrants to the U.S. and the amnesty process for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans (CHNV). .
Donald Trump walks along the US-Mexico border south of Sierra Vista, Arizona on August 22, 2024. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
A second order directs U.S. troops to the southern and northern borders under the U.S. Northern Command and “directs the military to strategically plan our borders and territorial integrity.”
Trump will take more than 200 steps on the first day
The Third Order designates international cartels and organizations, including MS-13 and the Bloodthirsty Train de Aragua, as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specially Designated International Terrorists (SDGTs). FTO designation allows for targeted action against members, including financial penalties.
On Monday, immigration officials also said Trump would sign an executive order that would suspend refugee resettlement for four months and end the ability of immigrants to apply for asylum by creating an expedited removal process.
“We will end asylum and close the border to illegals,” said one official.
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In addition, Trump will order the Attorney General to seek the death penalty for murder Law enforcement and capital crimes committed by illegal immigrants, officials said.
Trump is expected to sign 10 executive orders related to border security and immigration as soon as Monday.
