President Donald Trump signed an executive order to end birthright citizenship on his first day back in office in January. Since then, 22 states have sued to block it, sparking debates over whether the Constitution grants citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil.
“Many people today take it for granted that the answer is ‘yes’: If you’re born on American soil, you’re an American citizen. Period. End of issue. But is that what the Constitution says?” asked Amy Swearer, a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation, in a recent Prager University video examining the legal issues behind birthright citizenship.
While the 14th Amendment says, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States,” Swearer said that this raises the question, who is born subject to U.S….
