Trump promises the end of ‘automatic citizenship’ for children of illegal migrants
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (FLV) – Former President Donald Trump promised if he re-takes the White House in 2025, he will sign an executive order stopping the federal government from granting automatic citizenship to those who are children of “illegal aliens.”
He said President Joe Biden launched an “illegal foreign invasion” of the U.S. with “record number of illegal aliens” and slammed the notion that “all of their future children will become automatic U.S. citizens.”
“The United States is among the only countries in the world that says that even if neither parent is a citizen nor even lawfully in the country, their future children are automatic citizens,” he said.
“On day one of my new term in office, I will sign an executive order making clear to federal agencies that under the correct interpretation of the law going forward: the future children of illegal aliens will not receive automatic us citizenship,” the former president continued.
Trump contended that such a federal policy would eliminate the “major incentive” for mass illegal migration.
“They must go back, nobody could afford this, nobody could do this and even morally, it’s so wrong,” Trump said. “We will secure our borders and we will restore our sovereignty.”
His promise echoes a similar sentiment expressed in his 2016 campaign, saying in August 2015 that so-called “anchor babies” have no true right to being an American citizen.
According to data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, migrant border crossings broke records for fiscal year 2022 at 2.76 million.
Trump’s campaign promise comes as part of his “Agenda 47,” laid out on his campaign website with a slew of videos outlining his policies if he emerges victorious in 2024.
The former president is widely understood as the Republican frontrunner for the 2024 nomination, the only other perceived viable candidate being Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is campaigning across early primary states this week, beginning in Iowa.
