American by birth? Congratulations! But maybe have your papers ready.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Citizenship for Native Americans would not come until 1924, with the Snyder Act.
50% : While legal scholars doubt Trump can actually end birthright citizenship because of the pesky 14thAmendment to the Constitution, I'm not so sure.
48% : "But the citizenship that most of us have taken for granted since our births -- no matter what our color -- is now in jeopardy.Let's assume, for a moment, that Windrip invokes the Insurrection Act, mobilizes the U.S. military, and succeeds in bullying or conning his way into revoking birthright citizenship.
38% : The Virginia Dare mystery has become part of American myth and folklore, inspiring novels and plays and sadly white nationalists, including the anti-immigrant VDARE Foundation.
33% : Trump said he would seek to repeal birthright citizenship by executive order.

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