Trump says the administration is "seriously" trying to end his citizenship

President TrumpDonald John Trump, former US ambassador: "Denmark is not a big fan of Donald Trump and his politicians" Democrat senators advocate arms control in the defense policy bill Detroit County Sheriff Approves Booker as President MORE said Wednesday that his administration was once again seriously considering taking a decree to terminate citizenship from the outset, several months after several lawmakers had questioned its ability to take such action.

"We are looking at this very seriously," Trump told reporters as he left the White House for Kentucky. "Citizenship, when you have a baby on our land – cross the border, make a baby, congratulations, the baby is now an American citizen."

"We are looking at birthright citizenship very seriously," he added. "It's really ridiculous."

The president proposed to end the practice of granting citizenship to those born in the United States during his 2016 presidential campaign. He re-launched the idea last year saying he would sign a decree for enact the change.

Many lawmakers, including several Republicans, quickly rebuffed the idea and asserted that Trump did not have the authority to make such a change by way of a decree. . They cited the birthright to citizenship is a right enshrined in the 14th amendment.

Trump responded to the criticism by saying that citizenship would be legitimized "one way or the other".

The president has sought various ways to crack down on illegal and legal immigration throughout his presidency.

His government subsequently promulgated and reversed a "zero tolerance" policy that led to the separation of thousands of migrant families; Trump has called for changes to the asylum laws to keep the refugees in Mexico waiting to be treated. and the White House last week put up a rule making it more difficult for some immigrants to get green cards.

The Trump administration announced on Wednesday that it would unveil a new rule permitting the detention of migrant families for an indefinite period, thus ending a procedure known as the Flores Settlement Agreement which requires that children not be detained. detained more than 20 days.