A Conspicuous Gap May Undermine Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Plan

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A Conspicuous Gap May Undermine Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Plan
What the amendment meant when it was ratified in 1868, Mr. Trump’s lawyers said, was that “children of temporary visitors and illegal aliens are not U.S. citizens by birth.”

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