Birthright Citizenship

This issue: Should birthright citizenship be removed from the Constitution?  is a difficult one.

I think I should recuse myself, because (1) it does not apply to me, and (2) it looks as though the  proposed change in the constitution has not been made sufficiently clear for the public to have a clear opinion on it.

My understanding of the statement as it is in the constitution is that any child born on US soil is a US citizen.

What the administration wants to clarify is whether the mother is in the USA legally.  (Up to now, any woman giving birth in the US gives birth to a citizen—though one wonders how it can be proved that the birth took place in the US at all.)  In fact, they want both parents to have been present in the US legally.

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