President-elect Donald Trump aims to reshape the understanding of citizenship by challenging the current application of birthright citizenship, which he views as flawed and overly expansive.
The Supreme Court's 1898 decision in United States vs. Wong Kim Ark has been misinterpreted, leading to a situation where any child born in the U.S. gains automatic citizenship, regardless of their parents’ status.
Trump stated on 'Meet the Press' that the current state of birthright citizenship is 'ridiculous,' promising to take action against what he perceives as 'absurd' protections for children of illegal immigrants.
Under the current interpretation, children of illegal immigrants enjoy rights that naturalized citizens and U.S.-born children to citizen parents do not, raising questions about equality and who truly qualifies as a 'natural born Citizen'.
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