President-elect Donald Trump has announced he would end birthright citizenship and also pardon the US Capital rioters. "We have to end it. It's ridiculous." he said to NBC 'Meet the Press' recently.
This would be difficult, since the law is etched into the US Constitution. It would require 66% of Congress to approve the change.
What is "Birthright Citizenship?" (Per Wikipedia)
Birthright citizenship is guaranteed to most people born within U.S. territory (other than American Samoa) by the first part of the Citizenship Clause introduced by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (adopted July 9, 1868), which states:
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
The Amendment overrode the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) that denied U.S. citizenship to African Americans, whether born in the United States or not, and whether a slave or a free person.[2] Pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment and the Immigration and Nationality Act a person born within and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States automatically acquires U.S. citizenship, known as jus soli ("right of the soil").[3] This includes the territories of Puerto Rico, the Marianas (Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands), and the U.S. Virgin Islands.[4][5] The "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" clause excluded Native Americans living under tribal sovereignty, and U.S.-born children of foreign diplomats. Birthright citizenship was later extended to U.S.-born Native American subjects by the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924. Federal law also grants birthright citizenship to children born elsewhere in the world to U.S. citizens (with certain exceptions), known as jus sanguinis ("right of blood").
Pardoning the Captital Rioters
Trump said he would also pardon the US Capital rioters on his first day. This is when supporters stormed the Capital 3 months after the 2020 election in which he lost. This is something he still contests and believes he won.
"We're going to look at independent cases" he said. "Yeah, but I'm going to be acting very quickly." Trump added.
Here is other bits of news gathered from the NBC interview, from the BBC:
He offered a caveat on whether he would keep the US in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato): "If they're paying their bills, and if I think they're doing a fair - they're treating us fairly, the answer is absolutely, I'd stay with Nato"
Trump said he would not seek to impose restrictions on abortion pills, though when asked to make a guarantee, he added: "Well, I commit. I mean... things change"
The Republican said Ukraine should "probably" expect less aid when he returns to the White House
Trump said he thinks "somebody has to find out" if there is a link between autism and childhood vaccines - an idea that has been ruled out by multiple studies around the world. Trump suggested his nominee for health secretary, vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr, would look into the matter
The president-elect repeated his promise that he will not seek to cut Social Security, nor raise its eligibility age, though he said he would make it "more efficient", without offering further details
Pressed on whether his plan to impose tariffs on imports from major US trading partners would raise consumer prices for Americans, he said: "I can't guarantee anything. I can't guarantee tomorrow"
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