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(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that the Founding Fathers "are spinning successful their graves" aft his bid to abolish birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are successful the U.S. illegally deed different snag.
On Thursday, a fourth national justice blocked the enforcement order issued by the president connected his archetypal time successful the Oval Office.
Trump argued helium is abiding by the 14th Amendment, which his opposers reason helium is violating the essence of it.
"The 14th Amendment Right of American Citizenship ne'er had thing to bash with modern time "gate crashers," amerciable immigrants who interruption the Law by being successful our Country, it had everything to bash with giving Citizenship to erstwhile slaves," Trump wrote connected Truth Social.
"Our Founding Fathers are "spinning successful their graves" astatine the thought that our Country tin beryllium taken distant from us. No Nation successful the World has thing similar this. Our lawyers and Judges person to beryllium tough, and support America!
The 14th Amendment states: "All persons calved oregon naturalized successful the United States, and taxable to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
The Trump medication has asserted that children of noncitizens are not “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States and truthful not entitled to citizenship.
The U.S. is among astir 30 countries wherever birthright citizenship — the rule of jus soli oregon “right of the soil” — is applied. Most are successful the Americas, and Canada and Mexico are among them.
