Should birthright citizenship be ended?

The endless flood of illegal aliens into the US has some hoping that birthright citizenship be ended as a way of discouraging illegals and their anchor babies.

If you’ve been reading my substack, you know that I am not a fan of illegal aliens. I do delivery work to help make ends meet, and I have had to deal with lower wages and lost work due to the influx of illegals into the country. Like many others, I want as many illegal aliens removed from the country as possible and a long-term solution to the problem of illegals.

One of the ideas that always comes up is ending birthright citizenship as a way of discouraging illegal aliens from coming into the country and dropping an anchor baby. Until recently, I had not paid much attention to the idea, as it seemed to be a pie in the sky type of concept. But recently I decided to focus on it, and I’ll share my thoughts here with you about it.

The pros and cons of ending birthright citizenship

As with most other ideas, there are pros and cons to eliminating birthright citizenship, and so here is a succinct list that you can easily scan to get an overview of the issue. Since I had not studied this issue in depth, I consulted with ChatGPT to see what it had to say, and here is what it came up with:

So now you have a good overview of the good and bad of birthright citizenship. I had not considered much of what is listed above, but it seems clear that the issue is more complicated than I thought initially. When I first heard the idea of ending birthright citizenship, it seemed like a pretty cut-and-dry idea. Just end it, and you will discourage illegal aliens from coming here to drop their anchor babies. But it seems the issue is more complicated than that and not something that can likely be dealt with quickly or easily.

There are only two ways to change birthright citizenship: A constitutional amendment or a court ruling that reinterprets the 14th Amendment.

Here is the text of the 14th Amendment:

Fourteenth Amendment

Section 1

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. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Section 2

Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.

Section 3

No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

Section 4

The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.

Section 5

The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

This is the part where I get very uncomfortable about ending birthright citizenship. I do NOT like the idea of screwing with the Constitution unless it is absolutely necessary. Such tinkering has the potential to open the door to other changes in the future if a successful revision of the 14th Amendment passes both houses of Congress by a 2/3 majority and then is ratified by 3/4 of the states.

I mention this because imagine what would happen if the woke commies suddenly decided to try to change the Constitution to incorporate their utopian marxist madness. Yes, it would be hard for them to do, given the process of proposing and ratifying amendments, but I don’t even want to put the idea in their warped minds. It is a case of letting sleeping dogs lie without being disturbed.

Of course, is birthright citizenship the real issue here, or is it the treasonous refusal by certain people in the federal government to enforce the immigration laws? It seems to me that if the laws were being enforced and illegal aliens were not allowed into the country or were removed after getting in, then birthright citizenship would not be an issue. Until fairly recently in America’s history, it didn’t seem to be an issue because people thought the federal government would deal with illegal aliens according to the laws passed by Congress.

What is Donald Trump’s position on the issue of ending birthright citizenship? Trump in the past has said that he would try to end it, but he has said many things over the years and not actually done much toward achieving what he has talked about on the campaign trail.

On the issue of birthright citizenship, here is what Trump had to say:

So Trump promised in the video to issue an executive order to all federal agencies that children of illegal aliens cannot be considered citizens, and that at least one of the parents must be a legal citizen.

There are two questions that spring to mind after watching the video:

1. Will he actually do it?

2. How will the courts react because it certainly will be challenged.

I do not know if Trump will do it or not. He says many things, but then sometimes does not follow through to get them done. We will have to wait and see if he is serious about it or not. He said he would do it on day one of his second administration, so we don’t have long to wait to find out if he was serious or if he was just bullshiting to win the election.

Regarding the courts, I suspect they will try to crush his executive order, and the whole mess will likely end up in the Supreme Court’s hands. It’s anybody’s guess as to how they will rule, so again, we will have to wait and see.

My take on ending birthright citizenship is that it is likely to go nowhere fast. Trump can try an executive order, but the proper legal path is to amend the Constitution, and that will take years if any serious effort is ever made. We can’t wait years to deal with the illegal alien situation; we need fast action, and we need it now!

And let’s be honest here: if anybody in the power structure of the country had ever been serious about changing the 14th Amendment, it could have been done many years ago. Have you seen any indication that anybody seriously wants to amend the Constitution to end birthright citizenship? Trump didn’t try to do it in his first term, and I see no indication that he wants to do it now.

In other words, don’t hold your breath waiting for the end of birthright citizenship. 🙄

So the best thing to do is begin enforcing the border laws for real, and to encourage self-deportation of illegal aliens as much as can possibly be done with the system the way it is now.

I am going to put the issue into your hands now. Take both polls and share your comments below. I am interested in seeing what all of you think about this.

---

How you can support my writing

• Please share this post

• Tip with Buy Me A Coffee

• Tip with crypto

• Select a paid subscription option that fits your budget

All contributions from readers are greatly appreciated. Thanks! 👍🏻 💀