By keely aouga
President Donald Trump appears to be hitting the ground running, announcing a series of controversial executive orders on his first day in office.
The newly inaugurated president is expected to sign nearly 100 executive orders during his first few days, including several that were signed on Inauguration Day.
Among those executive orders is one attempting to end birthright citizenship.
The pledge to end birthright citizenship would go against the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
The 14th Amendment begins, “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.”
The 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to anyone born in the U.S., regardless of their parents’ citizenship status.
Experts and members of Trump’s party have generally held that only a constitutional amendment could change the policy.
Trump’s move comes as he suggests deporting mixed-status families, implying that legal residents or even citizens could be included in his campaign of mass deportation.
Natural-born citizens cannot be deported, and naturalized citizen can only be deported if they are “denaturalized."
Although Trump is receiving pushback, there are a number of executive orders that he’s signed triggering fear among marginalized communities.