The Republican presidential nominee wants to wipe away the 156-year-old guarantee that if you’re born here, you’re American. Don’t think he can’t.
By Anne Kim
Under current law, birthright citizenship is an entitlement. Anyone born on the soil of the United States, or its territories is automatically a U.S. citizen, regardless of their parents’ immigration status.
Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican, has proposed ending this cornerstone of American law and history.