Immigration

Ending birthright citizenship is unethical (and unconstitutional)

Ending birthright citizenship is unethical (and unconstitutional)

BY NINA LARBI ’22

In late October, Donald Trump informed the nation of an executive order he was preparing that would eliminate birthright citizenship, the amendment that currently grants citizenship to anyone born on U.S. territory. His reasoning was simple: that America is the only country to have birthright citizenship (this is false; around 30 other countries share this law).