Trump Vies to End Birthright Citizenship in the U.S.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : On the first day of his presidency, Trump signed an order challenging a long-standing constitutional right that people born inside the U.S. are guaranteed citizenship.
56% : Those documents include passports issued by the Department of State, social security cards issued by the Social Security Administration and certificates of citizenship issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security.
53% : The exception to automatic citizenship intended through the phrase "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" primarily applies to children of foreign diplomats, who have diplomatic immunity and are not subject to U.S. laws.
31% : A coalition of immigrant rights groups -- expecting Trump to quickly sign such an order -- filed a lawsuit on Monday night asking a federal court in New Hampshire to declare the order unlawful and stop the federal government from implementing it.
30% : Donald Trump is trying to redefine who is allowed to be a U.S. citizen.
29% : Trump told federal departments to deny the right known as birthright citizenship from children born to mothers and fathers in the country unlawfully.
26% : Trump gave federal agencies 30 days -- until Feb. 19 -- to draft instructions for how to deny citizenship to the categories of people he laid out.

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