Donald Trump criticized for his decision to end US citizenship in the United States

Washington:

The decision of President Donald Trump to take a decree to end the right to American citizenship for children born In the United States, non-citizens have attracted much criticism, even from their own party.

In his latest rhetoric about immigration before the mid-term legislative elections, Trump, in an interview with Axios, said that citizenship "should stop" "and that he would do it" with an executive order. "

" You can not terminate citizenship by birthright with an executive order, "said Congressman Paul Ryan, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

" We do not We did not like. That's when (the former president) Obama tried to change the immigration laws by the action of the executive, and obviously as conservatives, we believe in the Constitution, "Ryan told a local radio station in Lexington, Kentucky.

The US, regardless of the nationality of the parents, automatically becomes a US citizen.

" I am a US citizen. always said that we needed a constitutional amendment, an amendment. You do not have to do it. Number one. Second, you can certainly do it with an act of Congress. But now, they say, I can do it simply with an order, "Mr. Trump told Axios during an interview.

Part of the interview was published on Tuesday. Full interview "Axios on HBO" should be broadcast Sunday.

Such a practice of granting citizenship to anyone born in the United States is "ridiculous," said Mr. Trump.

He stated that we are the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is basically a citizen of the United States for 85 years with all these benefits. "It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous. And that must stop. "

Mr. Trump stated that efforts to end this practice were ongoing." We are doing it. This will happen with an executive order. That's what you're talking about. "

According to Axios, Mr. Trump stated that he had initiated the idea of ​​terminating the citizenship of the legitimate right to vote and that he was considering proceeding with this very controversial operation, who will certainly face legal challenges.

Republican Senator Chuck Grbadley, chairman of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee, said that a constitutional amendment would be needed to make the necessary changes with respect to the law.

The 14th Amendment to the Constitution states that, with very few exceptions, all persons born in the United States are US citizens, regardless of their immigration status. their parents, said the US Council on Immigration.

The Supreme Court upheld the principle of citizenship for more than a century, the Council said. defines who we are as a nation and is an essential part of our heritage and American history. Eliminating birthright citizenship would do nothing to solve our immigration problems, "said Beth Werlin, executive director of the American Immigration Council.

" No president can change the Constitution of Canada. " 39, a stroke of a pencil. The only way to eliminate citizenship based on the birthright would be to adopt a new amendment to the Constitution, "he said.

Breitbart News, however, pronounced in Trump's decision to revoke citizenship based on birthright would have immediate and far-reaching consequences, he said. "This would mean that children of strangers in a situation irregular, even if they were born in the United States, would not be granted US citizenship at birth, "he said.

" This would also probably deter foreigners from having "Anchored Babies", Breitbart said: "Vice President Mike Pence also intervened in Mr. Trump's defense, stating that" the president has made known the interests of their children at birth. "It is clear that we are considering an action that would reconsider birthright citizenship."

Another Democratic leader, Nancy Pelosi, criticized Trump for his decision.
"President Trump's new pretense that he can unilaterally terminate the guarantee of the Constitution p shows the growing desperation of Republicans to hijack their badault on Medicare, Medicaid and people with preexisting conditions", she said.

"The President does not have the power to erase parts of the Constitution, but he and the GOP Congress spent two years trying to erase the protections that benefited people with diseases pre-existing ", said Ms. Pelosi.