by Madeleine Hubbard
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says that if he is elected president, he would deport the U.S.-born children of illegal migrants.
“The family unit will be deported,” Ramaswamy said Friday when NBC News asked him whether the deportations would include American-born children.
He reiterated his comments Sunday in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
“I favor ending birthright citizenship for those whose parents entered the country *illegally* because we shouldn’t reward those who violate the law with the intent of exploiting the citizenship rules. The Framers of the 14th Amendment never intended this,” Ramaswamy wrote.
I’m glad that @NYCMayor had the scintilla of courage to admit that the illegal migrant crisis “will destroy New York City,” but it’s a shame that he can’t embrace real solutions to the problem. I favor ending birthright citizenship for those whose parents entered the country… pic.twitter.com/x1w4dLfQWM
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) September 10, 2023
The 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
The clause reversed a portion of the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott v. Sandford decision, which declared that enslaved people were not U.S. citizens and therefore could not expect any government protection. The Supreme Court ruled in 1898 that the 14th Amendment confers U.S. citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in America.
Ramaswamy’s hardline immigration stance comes as he is rising in the polls. With 7.6% support on average, Ramaswamy is in third place behind former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, according to FiveThirtyEight.
His stance on birthright citizenship has received support from some influential conservatives such as Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk.
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Madeleine Hubbard joined Just the News as a fast file reporter after working as an editor at Breitbart News. Follow Hubbard on X or Instagram.
Photo “DACA Rally” by Pax Ahimsa Gethen. CC BY-SA 4.0.
What about grand children of illegal aliens?
I agree 100 percent with this announcement.
Let’s use an analogy that fits this scenario perfectly. If someone breaks the law and say, steals a brand new car from a car dealership’s parking lot – and then manages to not get caught for a period of time, but decides to give that stolen car to one of their kids as a gift. Then, when the kid applies to register the car at the DMV so he or she can get license plates for it – the VIN number “pops”, when ran through the DMV computers and it comes up as being a stolen vehicle. So, as per normal procedure, the DMV notifies the police and they show up to arrest the kid. Upon questioning, it is determined that the kid’s father gave the stolen vehicle to the kid – so, the police then go to their home and arrest the father for being a car thief.
Does the kid get to keep the stolen car? No. The same principle applies to illegal aliens who pop out anchor babies and then try to use that anchor kid as their excuse to obtain American citizenship. I applaud Vivek Ramaswamy for this 100 percent correct interpretation of the law and the Constitution.
Yeah…OK. The GOP doesn’t deport any more illegals than the DNC does. They don’t even deport the illegals who sneak in. Deportation is like term limits: every Republican promises it…and none EVER deliver.