Trump Looking ‘Very Seriously’ at Ending Birthright Citizenship

A heavily pregnant woman and a girl lean against a Border Patrol truck after being apprehended for illegally crossing the U.S. border over the Rio Grande from Mexico near McAllen, Texas, on April 18, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump called birthright citizenship “frankly ridiculous” on Aug. 21 while talking to media.

“We’re looking at that very seriously—birthright citizenship, where you have a baby on our land. You walk over the border, have a baby, congratulations, the baby is now a U.S. citizen,” Trump said.