Trump Says He Will Void Birthright Citizenship Law Through Executive Order

NPR: President Trump is planning to use an executive order to strip birthright citizenship from America's laws, rather than trying to change the Constitution through an act of Congress. The potential move, whose constitutionality isn't settled, would seek to end the conferring of citizenship to children of non-citizens who are born in the U.S.

"It was always told to me that you needed a constitutional amendment. Guess what? You don't," Trump said. He discussed the plan in an interview with Axios on HBO that is slated to air Sunday.

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