pjmedia.com By Daniel McCarthy
Get ready for the next Roe v. Wade — only this time the Supreme Court decision that threatens to split the country isn’t about abortion; it’s about “birthright citizenship.”
Trump v. Barbara is before the court this week, and with it comes the very question of who is an American.
On his first day back in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order clarifying that the children of illegal immigrants or temporary residents aren’t American citizens just by virtue of being born on American soil.
People born here to at least one citizen parent are automatically citizens, and Trump’s order recognizes the children of lawful permanent residents as birthright citizens, too.
But that’s not enough for those who insist the Constitution’s 14th Amendment establishes a radical definition of birthright citizenship: Since even illegal immigrants are “subject to the jurisdiction” of the federal government while they’re in this country, the amendment’s language — “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States …” — means their children, too, are American citizens…
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