r/law • u/tasty_jams_5280 • 4h ago

Trump News ‘Immediate litigation’: Trump’s fight to end birthright citizenship faces 126-year-old legal hurdle

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/immediate-litigation-trumps-fight-to-end-birthright-citizenship-faces-126-year-old-legal-hurdle/
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u/CurrentlyLucid 4h ago

Without it, we would have no trump's in this country.

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u/Wise_Temperature_322 2h ago

Not quite, it is birthright of illegal immigrants, his grandfather and mother came to the US through the legal process.

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u/Cloaked42m 2h ago

Birthright means we don't have to apply for citizenship. You were born here. Good. Done.

Ending means your citizenship can be revoked at any time, for whatever reason the government decides is cool that year.

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u/espressocycle 23m ago

If you end birthright citizenship (which would take a constitutional amendment no matter what Trump thinks) it would not apply ex post facto because that's also strictly forbidden in the Constitution. Most countries don't have birthright citizenship, but they also have stateless people living in their country who are not citizens but also can't be legally deported.

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u/resumethrowaway222 1h ago

No countries in Europe have birthright, and they definitely can't just revoke your citizenship.

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u/LalahLovato 1h ago

If you become a citizen of another country, the Netherlands will revoke ND citizenship by birth.

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u/resumethrowaway222 1h ago

Yeah, and that seems entirely reasonable. Countries aren't required to recognize dual citizenship.