Tel-Chai Nation: The issue of birthright citizenship

The USA public sides with Donald Trump on the need to restrict birthright citizenship, which has been abused by bad apples for too long:

According to the latest numbers from one of America’s most consistently accurate pollsters, a majority of the public sides with President Trump on the issue of limiting birthright citizenship.

Rasmussen Reports surveyed 1,196 likely voters on February 6, 9, and 10, and found majority support to finally put an end to how birthright citizenship is currently defined — which is that if you are born on United States soil you are automatically an American citizen. This stupid and suicidal Constitutional interpretation allows the children of non-citizens, including those whose parents are in our country illegally, to win American citizenship for that child simply because they happened to be born here.

In fact, this stupid and suicidal interpretation of the Constitution has created something called “birthright tourism,” where people from all over the world time their trips to America to ensure their child is born here.

For obvious reasons, Trump wants to end this nonsense and signed an executive order to that effect on his first day in office last month. It will now make its way through the courts, which was almost certainly Trump’s intent all along.

The good news is that the people are with him…

When asked, “Do you support or oppose the United States changing its current practice of granting U.S. citizenship to births to tourists and other foreign visitors,” 51 percent said they supported the change while 47 percent said they opposed it. This includes 54 percent of black American and 53 percent of Hispanic support.

When asked, “Do you support or oppose limiting automatic birthright citizenship to births where at least one parent is a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident,” a wide majority of 56 percent said they support this change compared to only 45 percent who said they would oppose it. This includes 61 percent of black voters and 50 percent of Hispanic support.