“Birthright citizenship” may sound benign, but thanks to an overreaching Supreme Court decision 126 years ago, it’s the biggest legal hole in our border.
Trump has the opportunity to seal it, but it won’t be easy.
When the Supreme Court handed down its United States v. Wong Kim Ark decision, illegal immigration was nothing like the crisis it is now.
And the subject of that case, Wong Kim Ark, was the son of legal immigrants—permanent residents, in fact.
But in the 21st century, liberal legal experts insist the court’s 1898 ruling today means any child born on American soil is automatically a citizen.
Convicts fleeing across our borders?
Tren de Aragua killers?
Terrorists sneaking into the country?
Their kids all become Americans if they’re born on our soil.
It’s an outrageous, absurd situation, and Trump has vowed to stop it.
He…
