Neighborhood Ministries

It is interesting to see the liberal media attack anyone who gets in the way of what they want. Liberals are crying how President Trump is violating the Constitution and trashing the 14th Amendment. At issue is birthright citizenship. President Trump is seeking to enforce the 14th Amendment as it is written. It 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 wherein they reside. Liberals have been granting citizenship to babies of illegal immigrants and babies of women who crossed the border so their babies could be citizens of the United States. However, those babies don’t qualify because neither parent is “subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.” Since neither parent has established any legal status the babies don’t qualify. It will not effect those who have at least one parent who is here legally, only those who have come illegally. Since a great many babies have been illegally granted citizenship, it is going to create a real mess. We cannot simply pick and choose what part of a law we want to enforce.  The Amendment places two qualifications on citizenship and one alone is not sufficient. Liberals claim that President Trump is depriving these kids of their rights which sounds terrible but since the law never granted them that right, he is not depriving them of anything. He is merely restoring the rule of law and enforcing it as it was written.