Trump’s Push to Restrict Birthright Citizenship Tests Constitutional Limits and Border Security

President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to challenge the long-standing principle of birthright citizenship is more than a legal battle—it is a test of how far Washington will go in defending national sovereignty against unchecked immigration. On his first day of the second term, Trump signed an executive order aiming to strip citizenship from children born on U.S. soil to parents who are here illegally or temporarily. This move directly attacks the nearly 150-year-old interpretation of the 14th Amendment, which has guaranteed citizenship based on birthplace since its ratification after the Civil War. Despite multiple lower courts blocking these restrictions as...