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President-elect Donald Trump’s renewed push to end birthright citizenship is reigniting fierce debates over immigration policy in the United States. Trump has argued that granting automatic citizenship to children born on U.S. soil, regardless of their parents’ immigration status, creates a loophole that incentivizes illegal immigration. His proposal calls for an executive order to challenge the longstanding interpretation of the 14th Amendment, which guarantees citizenship to anyone born in the country.
Legal experts widely agree that eliminating birthright citizenship would require a constitutional amendment, as the 14th. . .
