Ramaswamy is a hustler making promises he knows full well he can't keep. Children born in this country are by default American citizens regardless of their parent's status. He know this and also knows full well he will lose any challenge to the 14th Amendment.
GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said Friday he would deport the children of undocumented immigrants with their families, despite them already being U.S. citizens. “There are legally cont…
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It was made clear, in a lot of the discussions leading up to the Fourteenth Amendment, that it was never intended by it that the children of foreigners, born in the United States, should automatically be granted citizenship. A solid argument can be made that the
“anchor baby” principle is incorrect, that it is not in keeping with the intent of the Fourteenth Amendment. The clear intent was to prevent former slaves and their children from being denied citizenship, along with the rights and privileges that go therewith.
Unfortunately, as written, the letter of the Fourteenth Amendment is difficult to read as not granting
“anchor baby” rights; and I think it would take a new Amendment to correct this error.
In principle, I have to say that Mr. Ramaswamy is exactly right in his wish to deport not only illegal invading criminals, but their children born here as well. But I think the Constitution will have to be amended, first, to clarify that only those who have at least one parent who is a citizen are to be automatically granted citizenship.