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Donald Trump defends birthright citizenship ban, argues 14th Amendment is for former slaves, not migrants

Donald Trump defends birthright citizenship ban, argues 14th Amendment is for former slaves, not migrants

U.S. President Donald Trump has defended his executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for what he calls “gate crashers.” Trump argued that the 14th Amendment’s citizenship guarantee was meant for formerly enslaved people, not undocumented immigrants. “The 14th Amendment Right of American Citizenship never had anything to do with modern-day ‘gate crashers’—illegal immigrants who…

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