US Birthright Citizenship Meant For Enslaved People’s Kids, Not Wealthy Foreigners — Trump

United States President Donald Trump has reignited debate over America’s birthright citizenship policy, insisting that affluent foreigners are exploiting the provision to secure citizenship for their families.

Speaking in an interview with Politico’s Dasha Burns, Trump expressed confidence that the Supreme Court would eventually overturn the policy, which currently grants automatic citizenship to children born on US soil, including those of undocumented migrants and foreign nationals with “no ties to the U.S.”

Trump argued that the law’s original purpose has been “distorted,” saying it was designed in the post Civil War era to protect children born to enslaved people.

“The case is very interesting because that case was meant for the babies of slaves… It was exactly having to do with the Civil War,” he said.
“It was not meant for some rich person coming from another country, putting a foot in our country, and suddenly their whole family becomes United States citizens.”

The President warned that the US “cannot afford to house tens of millions of people that came in through birthright citizenship,” stressing that the Supreme Court overturning the provision would not only be justified but necessary.

His concerns were echoed on Capitol Hill. Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) raised alarm over a surge in “birth tourism,” especially among wealthy Chinese nationals, taking advantage of visa exemptions in the Northern Mariana Islands.

According to Tiffany, the islands now witness more foreign childbirths than local births.

“Communist Chinese passport holders have been permitted to sidestep U.S. visa requirements through categorical parole since 2009,” he told a House Judiciary Committee hearing.

“There are more children being born via birth tourism… They don’t even have to have a visa to come here.”

The debate over birthright citizenship, a constitutional guarantee under the 14th Amendment, continues to sharpen political divides as the US heads toward another election cycle.