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What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Can Trump End Birthright Citizenship?

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

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News, Daily News, News Commentary, Politics

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

How could Donald Trump make good on his vow to end birthright citizenship, currently a constitutional right? It starts with a willing judiciary. Guest: Isabela Dias, immigration reporter for Mother Jones. Want more What Next? Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to What Next and all your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the What Next show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme and Rob Gunther. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1

There's a long list of things that Donald Trump has said he'll do on day one of his new administration.

0:41.0

He said he'll settle the war in Ukraine, close the border, begin the largest deportation program

0:47.1

in U.S. history. And then there's this. You promised to end birthright citizenship on day one.

0:55.0

Is that still your plan?

0:56.0

Yeah, absolutely.

0:57.0

Birth right citizenship is guaranteed by the Constitution.

1:02.0

Ending it would mean being born here wouldn't give you any special rights or privileges.

1:08.0

No Social Security number, no passport. You'd be from the U.S., but not of here.

1:14.3

Do you know, if somebody sets a foot, just a foot, one foot, you don't need to on our land.

1:19.9

Congratulations, you are now a citizen of the United States of America. Yes, we're going to

1:24.7

end that because it's ridiculous. For Isabella Diaz from over at Mother Jones, this idea of eliminating what so many see

1:32.2

as a bedrock American principle, it raises a lot of questions.

1:37.0

So I was just curious to see if that's something he could actually try and pull off.

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