President-elect Trump will sign an executive order ending birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants, incoming White House officials said Monday, one of a series of border-related orders he will sign to overhaul U.S. immigration policy. and border security, one of a series of border-related orders he will sign. Includes a moratorium on refugee resettlement for at least four months.
Officials told reporters at a news conference that Trump will sign an order clarifying language in the 14th Amendment and saying the federal government "will not recognize automatic birthright citizenship for the children of illegal aliens born in the United States." ".
The Fourteenth Amendment states: “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 in which they reside.”
Trump to deploy troops to border, end Biden parole policy in series of executive orders on Day 1
On June 23, 2020, President Trump spoke with Border Patrol Captain Rodney Scott while attending a ceremony commemorating the 200th mile of the border wall in St. Louis, Arizona. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
Some legal experts said the move was a constitutional change that could not be implemented by executive order. The move will almost certainly face challenges in court from civil rights groups and immigration activists.
Trump advisers and some conservative legal scholars have previously argued that the idea of giving birthright citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants was based on a misreading of the amendment.
This is one of a series of executive orders that Trump will sign border security He faced the issue of illegal immigration on his first day in office.
Fox News previously reported that Trump would order the deployment of U.S. troops to the southern border, repeal Biden-era parole policies and designate international cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
Trump will direct the federal government to resume border wall construction and will also end Biden parole policies, including the use of the CBP One app to parol immigrants into the United States and the parole process for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans (CHNV) .
Donald Trump walks along the U.S.-Mexico border south of Sierra Vista, Arizona, on August 22, 2024. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
The second order would deploy U.S. troops to the southern and northern borders under U.S. Northern Command and would "direct the military to prioritize our own borders and territorial integrity in the strategic planning of its operations."
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The third order would designate international cartels and organizations, including MS-13 and the bloodthirsty Tren de Aragua, as foreign terrorist organizations (FTO) and specially designated global terrorists (SDGT). The FTO designation allows for targeted action against members, including financial penalties.
On Monday, incoming officials also said Trump would sign an order suspending refugee resettlement for four months and ending immigrants' ability to apply for asylum by establishing an immediate removal process without the possibility of asylum.
"We will end asylum and close our borders to illegal immigrants," one official said.
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Trump will also order the attorney general to seek the death penalty in murder cases law enforcement Officials say crimes committed by illegal immigrants are punishable by death.
Trump is expected to sign 10 executive orders related to border security and immigration on Monday.