The first few days of Donald Trump’s Presidency have been nothing short of amazing.
Trump fulfilled 46 promises and rescinded 78 of Joe Biden’s executive actions on Day One.
And now Democrats are scrambling after Ron DeSantis gave Americans a history lesson on birthright citizenship.
The American people handed Donald Trump a mandate with his landslide victory over Kamala Harris on November 5.
And Donald Trump went to work carrying out that mandate within hours of taking the Oath of Office on Monday.
On Monday afternoon, Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders on everything from border security to free speech to woke DEI programs.
With the stroke of a pen, Donald Trump rescinded 78 of Joe Biden’s executive actions.
Trump reversed Biden’s electric vehicle mandate, ended his federal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, implemented a freeze on federal hiring, and put an end to censorship in the federal government.
But one of the biggest issues the American people elected Donald Trump to fix is Joe Biden’s border crisis.
Trump declared a national emergency at the border, ended catch-and-release, brought back the Remain in Mexico protocols, and deployed more than 1,500 troops to the border.
President Trump also signed an executive order that ended birthright citizenship for illegal aliens.
Birthright citizenship means that any child born to an illegal alien in the United States, referred to as “anchor babies,” will automatically be granted citizenship.
Supporters justify it under the 14th Amendment, which states that “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.”
According to the Center for Immigration Studies, nearly 400,000 anchor babies are born each year in the United States.
Donald Trump promised to end birthright citizenship during his campaign, and he made good on his word on Monday with an executive order.
Democrat attorneys general in 22 states immediately filed a lawsuit against Trump’s order that ended birthright citizenship.
“The lawsuits argue that the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees citizenship for people born and naturalized in the U.S., and states have been interpreting the amendment that way for a century,” the AP reported.
The U.S. Supreme Court has never ruled on birthright citizenship, but the case is expected to be before the High Court in the coming months.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gave Americans a history lesson on the 14th Amendment.
Senior Legal Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Amy Swearer, shared a document pointing out that “no one for the first 100 years after the 14th Amendment’s ratification thought that it mandated birthright citizenship for the U.S.-born children of illegal or nonimmigrant aliens.”
DeSantis shared the post and offered his own take on the controversial issue.
“The purpose of the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause was to overturn the Dred Scott case, not to bestow citizenship on those present in the US against the people’s will as expressed in law,” DeSantis wrote. “The Trump executive order will be litigated until the Supreme Court decides the question (which it has never decided) of whether children born to illegal aliens get constitutionally-mandated citizenship.”
“The framers of the amendment clearly did not believe so. . .,” DeSantis added.
The purpose of the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause was to overturn the Dred Scott case, not to bestow citizenship on those present in the US against the people’s will as expressed in law.
The Trump executive order will be litigated until the Supreme Court decides the… https://t.co/MLFbnDWCw3
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) January 21, 2025
DeSantis is right.
The 14th Amendment was not meant to apply to children of illegal aliens.
But the Supreme Court will ultimately have to rule on birthright citizenship.
DeSantis Daily will keep you up-to-date on any new developments in this ongoing story.