President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to end automatic citizenship for anyone born in the US, starting on his first day back in office next month.
“We have to end it. It’s ridiculous,” he told NBC’s Meet the Press in his first broadcast network interview since winning November’s election.
Birthright citizenship means anyone born in the United States automatically becomes an American citizen.
This practice has been in place for decades and applies to children born to someone in the country illegally or in the US on a tourist or student visa who plans to return to their home country.
Trump and his supporters have argued that the system is being abused and that there should be tougher standards for becoming an American citizen.
Attempts to do so would face significant hurdles, however, as it is enshrined in the US Constitution.
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