唐纳德特朗普总统及其政府正在考虑一项行政命令，以消除美国所谓的与生俱来的公民身份。

       特朗普周三在肯塔基州发表演讲之前，在白宫草坪上向记者发表讲话时提到了这一潜在政策。该政策只是总统在与媒体的问答环节中所涉及的几个主题之一。

       特朗普说：“我们正在非常认真地看待这种与生俱来的公民身份，你们在我们的土地上有一个孩子，你走过边境，有一个孩子的祝贺，宝宝现在是美国公民。” “坦白说，这很荒谬。”

       这不是总统第一次提出这样的想法。特朗普之前曾提出过在2018年10月期间通过行政命令消除与出生权公民身份的想法。

       当时，特朗普声称美国是“世界上唯一允许出生公民身份的国家”，尽管它是包括邻国加拿大和墨西哥在内的其他32个国家公认的公民身份。巴西，阿根廷，委内瑞拉，贾马西亚和巴基斯坦是其他一些国家。

       目前，美国公民身份是通过与生俱来的权利获得的 - 这意味着婴儿出生在美国境内，包括某些领土或“边远财产” - 或者当时至少有一位父母是美国公民孩子的出生。

       宪法学者经常指出第14修正案，该修正案规定，那些“出生或归化”进入美国的人被视为公民，即建立公民身份的参数。

       根据加州大学伯克利分校法学院院长欧文·切梅林斯基的说法，特朗普挑战修正案的任何企图都将被视为违宪。

       “特朗普总统通过行政命令不能超越宪法，”Chemerinsky 周三告诉“新闻周刊”，指出最高法院1868年对美国V. Wong Kim Art的裁决。

       为了在美国撤销与生俱来的公民身份，总统需要国会支持这一改变并投票批准该修正案。

       当特朗普在10月首次提到这个想法时，来自双方的政客们迅速斥责这个想法。

       “你显然不能这样做。我相信遵守宪法的明文，我认为在这种情况下，第14修正案非常清楚，这将涉及一个非常非常漫长的宪法程序，”那么 - 众议院议长Paul Ryan告诉肯塔基州广播电台。

       南希佩洛西在与斯蒂芬科尔伯特一起出现在The Late Show上时也对这个问题进行了权衡，称此举违宪。

       “我甚至无法想象我们的创始人会想到看到总统宣誓就职以保护和捍卫美国宪法，然后滥用这一点。这就是选举的意义所在 - - 检查和平衡。对这位总统进行检查和平衡，“她说。
 

DONALD TRUMP WANTS TO REMOVE 'RIDICULOUS' BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP, BUT CAN HE DO IT WITHOUT CONGRESS?

       President Donald Trump and his administration are considering an executive order to eliminate so-called birthright citizenship in the United States.

       Trump mentioned the potential policy while speaking to reporters on the White House lawn Wednesday ahead of a speaking engagement in Kentucky. The policy was just one of several topics the president covered during the question and answer session with the media.

       "We're looking at that very seriously, birthright citizenship, where you have a baby on our land, you walk over the border, have a baby–congratulations, the baby is now a U.S. citizen," Trump said. "It's frankly ridiculous."

       This isn't the first time that the president has proposed such an idea. Trump previously floated the idea of eliminating birthright citizenship via executive order during an October 2018 with Axios.

       At the time, Trump claimed the United States is "the only country in the world" that allows birthright citizenship, though it is a recognized form of citizenship in 32 other nations, including neighboring Canada and Mexico. Brazil, Argentina, Venezula, Jamacia and Pakistan are a few of the others.

       Currently, U.S. citizenship is obtained via birthright — meaning that a baby is born within the borders of the United States, including certain territories or "outlying possessions" — or a child is born to at least one parent who is an American citizen at the time of the child's birth.

       Constitutional scholars frequently point to the 14th Amendment, which states that those "born or naturalized" into the U.S. are considered citizens, as establishing the parameters of citizenship.

       According to Erwin Chemerinsky, the Dean of U.C. Berkley's School of Law, any attempt by Trump to challenge the amendment would be deemed unconstitutional.

       "President Trump by executive order cannot override the Constitution," Chemerinsky told Newsweek on Wednesday, pointing to the Supreme Court's 1868 ruling in United States V. Wong Kim Art.

       In order for birthright citizenship to be revoked in the U.S., the president would need Congress to support the change and vote to ratify the amendment.

       When Trump first mentioned the idea in October, politicians from both parties swiftly rebuked the idea.

       "You obviously cannot do that. I'm a believer in following the plain text of the Constitution, and I think in this case, the 14th Amendment is pretty clear, and that would involve a very, very lengthy constitutional process," then-Speaker of the House Paul Ryan told a Kentucky radio station.

       Nancy Pelosi also weighed in on the issue during an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, calling the move unconstitutional.

       "I just can't even imagine what our founders would be thinking to see a president to take an oath of office to protect and defend the constitution of the United States, and then abuse that. This is what this is the election is about––checks and balances. A check and balance on this president," she said.