WASHINGTON, DC — Representative Brian Babin (R-TX) introduced the “Birthright Citizenship Act” on Tuesday in support of President Donald Trump’s executive order to stop the abuse of U.S. citizenship. The bill is one of many expected to be filed in the coming days to codify the president’s executive orders into law.
“One of the most flouted, abused, and exploited parts of our government and our immigration system, our border security system, has been the birthright citizenship,” Babin told Breitbart Texas in an interview on Tuesday. “This is a misinterpretation of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.”
🚨 I just introduced the Birthright Citizenship Act! This bill will build on President Trump’s executive order and codify these critical reforms into law.
It’s time to END the exploitation of loopholes in our immigration system. pic.twitter.com/KfBgc2aggm
— Brian Babin (@RepBrianBabin) January 21, 2025
Dr. Babin explained that the 14th Amendment was never intended by its authors of the mid-19th century to confer U.S. citizenship to people who are illegally in the United States.
“It’s really a simple bill,” the Texas congressman explained. “With this bill, automatic citizenship is granted only to children born in the United States with at least one parent who is, number one, a U.S. citizen or a national. And, number two, a lawful permanent resident, not an illegal alien. And number three, a lawful immigrant who is serving in the US armed forces.” A copy of the bill is attached below.
The authors of the 14th Amendment specifically used the phrase “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” Babin explained, “There is no way you could ever construe that what those gentlemen did in those days was to open up our borders to everybody who wanted to come across and have a baby. It just boggles the mind that anybody would even think that.” […]
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