That's a foolish policy. Now, there's a legal question of how can you change birthright citizenship? And I talked a minute ago about the 14th Amendment. And The 14th Amendment says 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. This case turned on the phrase and subject to the jurisdiction thereof. What happened there have long been understood as really two potential ways to change current law and birthright citizenship. (35:06–35:22)
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