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Trump and Birthright Citizenship

I want Congress to get a bill going that will help the President deal with this problem we need a lasting solution to this problem and it has to go through Congress.
I’m not a legal scholar but I think it will likely require a constitutional amendment, not just a simple bill. I don’t think it is likely that a constitutional amendment will be ratified to end birthright citizenship.

Trump and Birthright Citizenship

I've been pleased with Trump so far into term 2.0, but I think the birthright citizenship thing really needs to go through Congress. It would respect the separation of powers and the law would be stickier than an Executive Order.

I understand the problem we've got and the perverse incentive to land here, download a kid, and think that it will make one immune to immigration laws. I just think he could go through Congress with Speaker Johnson to get this going.
His birthright citizenship decree won’t survive court challenges. I think he is wrong on that one.

Fox News just reported that GA Sen. Assoff voted against the Laken Riley Act.

Laken Riley Act (from the Congressional Record):
Clean bill with no unrelated attachments. The House version included some admonitions to the Biden administration, but none present in the final Senate version.

It requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have committed in the United States any burglary, theft, larceny, shoplifting, or assault of a law enforcement officer offense, or any crime that results in death or serious bodily injury to another person." (as amended)

There were 7 votes related to the bill, including the amendment for death or serious bodily injury. That's where there is some variation in reported votes.

On the final bill, all 52 Republicans and 12 Democrats voted Yea. The remaining 35 Democrats, including the 2 Independents who caucus with Democrats, voted Nay. One vacant seat from Ohio not voting.

Democrats voting Yea on the final vote include:
Ossoff and Warnock from Georgia
Cortez Masto and Rosen from Nevada
Fetterman from Pennsylvania
Gallego and Kelly from Arizona
Hassan and Shaheen from New Hampshire
Peters and Slotkin from Michigan
Warner from Virginia

Maine, Virginia and Wisconsin were the only states with a split vote. Virginia was the only state with split votes between Democrats.
Funny how all of the dems who voted for the bill are from states of varying degrees of purple.
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