On October 31, 2018, Ayoub Kajjaj talked about Trump’s aims to end the birthright citizenship with an Executive Order. In the article, Kajjaj mentioned that Trump announced that the United States of America is the only country that offers citizenship. Kajjaj didn’t point out the following, but I must disagree with Trump’s statement as there are 30 other countries that do offer citizenships such as Canada, South American and European countries. Does the President have legal authority to change this? The majority of legal and constitutional experts would say that he doesn’t have the power to do this. On the other hand, there are few conservatives who have been arguing over the past several years that there is a right that the constitution isn’t being applied correctly. The 14th amendment was meant to apply only to citizens and permanent resident of the US. It doesn’t apply to those who are on temporary visas or unauthorized. As a US citizen who’s parent is a non-citizen and got the chance to give birth in the US, I find this very interesting as the constitution is very explicit. It doesn’t give any caveats in terms of if they’re a citizen, it says that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States.” Kajjaj also mentioned that dictators come to power in democracy if one gives the green light to do so. The question is who else is demanding this? Why is this becoming an issue and why is Trump trying to do this? To “make America great again"? Kajjaj described Donald Trump as a “Subtle Fascist” as Trump is trying to implement these new decision into our community. The president should know that he can’t change the 14th amendment and what he’s doing is an attempt to divide people and incitet an issue. Also, if his order is signed, there will be legal challenges.
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