Trump plans constitutional shakeup to crackdown on migrant crisis

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : In his first interview since reelection, Trump said he wanted to end birthright citizenship in his first term but was waylaid when the coronavirus pandemic hit in March 2020, essentially interrupting all actions in his final year in office.
49% : NBC host Kristen Welker asked Trump in an interview that aired Sunday.
49% : Constitution'You know we're the only country that has it,' Trump told Welker in the interview that aired Sunday on Meet the Press. '
43% : But we have to end it.''We're the only country that has it, you know,' Trump added.
39% : The way this could happen is by Trump proclaiming the new policy and then ordering agencies to cease issuing citizenship confirming documents - such as Social Security cards and passports - to children born in the U.S. to undocumented parents.
37% : Read More Elon Musk reveals the staggering sum U.S. taxpayers spend on illegal immigration every yearWelker, when reciting the constitutional amendment in her interview with Trump, left out a vital part of the provision, saying: 'The 14th Amendment, though, says that, quote, 'All persons born in the United States are citizens.'Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee made note of the omission.
30% : The idea is to crackdown on the migrant crisis and reduce the number of those who come to the U.S. in an effort to get their children birthrighr citizenshipTrump sat down with NBC News host Kristen Welker in an interview that aired Sunday where she questioned if Trump thinks he can take executive action to bypass the 14th Amendment of the U.s.
27% : Trump, and immigration hawks, say that this also applies to those born to illegal immigrants who were living in the country without documentation at the time of giving birth.
26% : Trump vowed he would address the migrant crisis immediately after taking office, and says he will carry out the largest deportation effort in U.S. history.
18% : Trump wants to get rid of this provision in the Constitution to specifically target illegal immigrants who have children while released in the U.S. without documentation or citizenship.

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