Trump wants to close the southern border, carry out the largest deportation effort in history and end birthright citizenship. But his first term shows the kind of challenges that lie ahead for executing those plans, The Hill’s Rebecca Beitsch and Rafael Bernal report.
Legal battles tied up his immigration policies in his first term, with some rejected by the courts based on technicalities or procedural grounds. Democrats are vowing to do everything they can to counter Trump’s actions.
“The once and future president is talking about abolishing birthright citizenship, which is guaranteed by the first sentence of the 14th Amendment. So if that is indeed their first executive order, which is what they’re talking about, we will have to fight them on that. If they are proposing to do it the right way by amending the Constitution, we will oppose it,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the incoming ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee.
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