Trump on birthright citizenship at the Resolute Desk
by Jolyon: Donald Trump
Trump is taking aim at birthright citizenship, saying it’s drifted far from its original purpose. He points to cases of people claiming 56 and 98 children, then insists the real intent was for babies of slaves shortly after the Civil War ended. The way he tells it, the rule wasn’t designed for wealthy individuals bringing in 15, 20, 30 kids. He calls the whole thing a big business and says they’re putting a stop to it.
Transcript (en)
Is there a number that you can cite? I'll tell you right now, hundreds of thousands, okay? Hundreds of thousands. You have one man came in with a family, said he had 56 children. Another one came in, they said they had 98 children. This was not what it was for. This was meant for the babies of slaves. It was right after one week or two weeks after the Civil War ended. this wasn't for wealthy multi-millionaires billionaires coming in and bringing 15 20 30 children along with them it's become a big business and we're ending that business please
