In epic news for the MAGA movement and its mass deportation agenda, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) has pushed forward legislation that, if passes, will finally put an end to birthright citizenship, codifying into federal law what President Trump has tried to accomplish via executive order.
As background, the 14th Amendment’s provision that made all former slaves citizens of the United States after the US Civil War has since been used to enshrine the concept of “birthright citizenship,” meaning that anyone who is born here is a citizen even if neither parent is an American citizen, or even here legally.
Because many illegal aliens have children while in America, that has ballooned the population of leftist-minded citizens who many in the MAGA movement think aren’t really American citizens in the real sense of the term and thus shouldn’t legally be treated as American citizens. President Trump evidently agrees, as shown by his executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship.
More effective than an executive order, however, would be a law, which is what Sen. Cotton is trying to accomplish with the bill he is introducing to the Senate. Called the Constitutional Citizenship Clarification Act, it would, if passed, amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify who receives birthright citizenship and who does not.
Under the clarification of the act as provided in Sen. Cotton’s bill, “anchor babies” born in America to illegal aliens will no longer be eligible for birthright citizenship. Further, the CCCA would clarify that those who are born in America to either foreign terrorists or foreign spies are not rewarded with birthright citizenship.
Speaking about the bill in a statement reported upon by Breitbart, Sen. Cotton argued that there should be no constitutional right for illegal aliens to cross the border and have their children be American citizens, as they shouldn’t be here in the first place. He said, “There is no constitutional right for illegal aliens to cross the border to gain citizenship for their children.”
Continuing, he explained that birthright citizenship has been a magnet that has drawn ever more illegal aliens into the country, and that ending it will help end the Biden-inflicted border crisis. He said, “Granting birthright citizenship to illegal aliens has contributed to the highest levels of illegal immigration in history. Fixing this will help reduce the damage from Joe Biden’s catastrophic border crisis.”
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Further, Sen. Cotton tweeted about the matter, noting that there is no Constitutional reason we have to allow the illegal immigrant magnet to continue. He said, “Birthright citizenship for illegal aliens has no basis in the Constitution. It’s a magnet for illegal immigration. President Trump is absolutely right to work to end this abusive practice.”
Sen. Cotton has also remained committed to promoting ICE, Border Patrol, and the DHS generally taking a much harder line with illegal immigration, ending the “catch and release” border policy in which caught illegals were released into the United States anyway, for which the Biden Administration was infamous.
Announcing the move, DHS said, “The Biden administration dangerously unleashed millions of unvetted illegal aliens into American communities—and they used many loopholes to do so. President Trump and Secretary Noem are now enforcing this law as it was actually written to keep America safe. Politicians and activists can cry wolf all they want, but it won’t deter this administration from keeping these criminals and lawbreakers off American streets—and now thanks to the Big Beautiful Bill, we will have plenty of bed space to do so.”
Sen. Cotton, praising the decision to end the policy and take a much tougher line on illegal immigration in a quote tweet, noted, “Great news. I commend President Trump and @DHSgov for ending the outrageous ‘catch & release’ policy that encouraged illegal immigration and made a mockery of our sovereignty.”
Watch Trump sign the executive order ending birthright citizenship here: