Trump risks alienating a lot of his support if he engages in mass deportation and if that is widely publicized, because mass deportation will hurt innocent and sympathetic people. His attack on birthright citizenship should be quickly shot down in the courts because the language of the 14th Amendment is so clear. His lawyers can't argue that the language is unclear, so apparently they will argue that the reach of the 14th Amendment to recognize citizenship in all native born persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction, was not (when written) intended to reach undocumented migrants. But they can't seriously argue that persons born in the U.S. to undocumented parents, are not subject to U.S. jurisdiction if they reside in the U.S.. Clearly they are, as witnessed by the thousands of children of undocument migrants who attend schools in the U.S., and by those who are prosecuted for crimes in the U.S., etc. They are subject to U.S. jurisdiction unless they are born to diplomats or heads of state. Rather than give a meaning to the 14th
Amendment which contradicts its text, the courts should inform Trump that only an amendment to the Constitution can change that meaning.
Trump risks alienating a lot of his support if he engages in mass deportation and if that is widely publicized, because mass deportation will hurt innocent and sympathetic people. His attack on birthright citizenship should be quickly shot down in the courts because the language of the 14th Amendment is so clear. His lawyers can't argue that the language is unclear, so apparently they will argue that the reach of the 14th Amendment to recognize citizenship in all native born persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction, was not (when written) intended to reach undocumented migrants. But they can't seriously argue that persons born in the U.S. to undocumented parents, are not subject to U.S. jurisdiction if they reside in the U.S.. Clearly they are, as witnessed by the thousands of children of undocument migrants who attend schools in the U.S., and by those who are prosecuted for crimes in the U.S., etc. They are subject to U.S. jurisdiction unless they are born to diplomats or heads of state. Rather than give a meaning to the 14th
Amendment which contradicts its text, the courts should inform Trump that only an amendment to the Constitution can change that meaning.
Ending the ICE focus on serious criminals leaves to ICE ERO officers the power to decide who to arrest to meet their quotas.
If you had that job, would you choose to risk your life to arrest an armed cartel member or a nanny?