Trump cannot restrict birthright citizenship by presidential edict

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : "Congress did not generally restrict migration until well after adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment," James Ho, whom Trump appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in 2017 and considered as a potential Supreme Court nominee, noted in a 2006 law review article.
29% : But "under the correct interpretation of the law," Trump argues, birthright citizenship does not apply to the children of unauthorized U.S. residents because they are not "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States.
28% : "During his first term, Trump also threatened to restrict birthright citizenship by presidential edict.
26% : "Trump himself assumes that people who cross the border illegally or remain in the United States after their visas have expired are "subject to U.S. jurisdiction and laws."
25% : But the president cannot do that on his own, and any such order is bound to provoke a constitutional argument that Trump cannot win.
18% : Otherwise, it would make no sense to describe them as "illegal aliens."In 1982, the Supreme Court unanimously rejected the distinction that Trump perceives.

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