The controversial president of the United States of America, Donald Trump has announced he is going
to terminate the right to citizenship for babies born on US soil to non- citizens.
The US president , who is taking an increasingly serious stance on immigration , said the “ process” to end birthright citizenship by executive order is underway , and denied such a fundamental change would need the input of Congress , reports UK ’ s Independent.
“ It was always told to me you need a constitutional amendment ,” Mr Trump told Axios . “ Guess what , you don’ t . ”
“ You can definitely do it with an act of Congress, but now they ’ re saying I can do it just with an executive order , ” the president continued.
“ Now how ridiculous, we’ re the only country in the world where a person comes in , has a baby , and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States for 85 years with all of those benefits . It ’ s ridiculous , it ’ s ridiculous and it has to end . ”
