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Donald Trump (45) Gets It! Post-Civil War 14th Amendment Birthright Citizenship Is Not Intended As An Immigration Giveaway
Former President Donald J. Trump broke the internet last week following his announcement about suspending 14th amendment birthright citizenship for illegal aliens.
I love to see it! But Leftist global citizens are offended by the very idea of nation states and the fact that for citizenship to mean anything, it cannot be given away like a door prize. In stark contrast to liberals, the descendants of U.S. slaves largely support President Trump’s overall goal of immigration restriction. More than that, we want to curb all misapplications of the five clauses of the post-civil war 14th amendment plus eliminate the various magnets that fuel mass immigration including hiring of illegals and the grift of wrongly conferred citizenship at birth. We support abolishing the practice of allowing the baby of a foreigner to become a U.S. citizen just because it was birthed within the U.S. borders. We also see the 14th amendment’s birthright citizenship clause as the Radical Republican’s effort…