Summary
Donald Trump has pledged to end birthright citizenship through an executive order if re-elected, targeting the 14th Amendment’s provision that grants citizenship to all born in the U.S.
Critics argue this policy would defy the Constitution, specifically its post-Civil War intent to ensure citizenship for former slaves.
Legal experts widely agree that the Amendment’s language includes children born to undocumented parents, but Trump’s proposal could lead to an immediate legal battle.
The policy would require federal agencies to verify parents’ immigration status, complicating access to Social Security numbers and passports for U.S.-born children.
It looks like much of the Western Hemisphere has jus soli. A quick search says:
What I can’t say is whether, with the exception of Canada and the U.S., that has any impact on the immigration of those countries. I will cop to ignorance, but many of those countries don’t seem like they would be a big step up in the world for most people.
I have a friend from Brazil. I don’t think he’d recommend being from Brazil. He moved to Portugal.
I know basically nothing about any of those countries other than having vacationed in Mexico twice. I haven’t seen anyone say they are fed up with the U.S. and moving to Paraguay.
Note: Mexicans have been emigrating out of USA for about a full decade now.
So statistically speaking, Mexicans have been saying they’re tired of USA and have moved back to Mexico.