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I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome to

We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.

The National Constitution Center is the only

institution in America chartered by Congress to disseminate information about

the US Constitution on a non-partisan basis and today we look at the 14th Amendment in particular the

citizenship clause which states and I'm quoting now from my handy National

Constitution Center pocket Constitution quote all persons born or naturalized in the United States,

and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state

wherein they reside.

The question of birthright citizenship has a long and complex history in our country, and

we'll address that in today's show.

The current controversy concerns the children of immigrants living in the United States

illegally. Are these children entitled to full automatic U.S. citizenship regardless of their

parents immigration status?

Or not?

Some prominent voices say no.

In an appearance on the O'Reilly factor,

the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump

suggested that he would challenge the citizenship granted to these children.

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