The U.S. practice of birthright citizenship is being challenged through lawsuits asserting the 14th Amendment ensures citizenship for all born on U.S. soil. The amendment, enacted post-Civil War era, has been consistently interpreted to confer citizenship to individuals irrespective of their parentage. The debate intensifies with Trump's executive order, claiming children of noncitizens lack jurisdiction and thus citizenship. Historical precedent, notably Wong Kim Ark's case from 1898, is cited amidst arguments for and against how immigration status affects birthright citizenship.
There is no legitimate legal debate on this question. But the fact that Trump is dead wrong will not prevent him from inflicting serious harm right now on American families like my own.
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