What does the text of the Constitution say about United States citizenship? Does the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee citizenship to anyone born in the US? Arguing both sides of the birthright citizenship issue are Professor John Yoo of UC Berkeley School of Law and Professor John Eastman of Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law.

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Learn more about John Yoo:
https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/john-yoo/

Learn more about John Eastman:
https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/john-eastman

 

Related links:

Debating Birthright Citizenship - Two Perspectives
https://fedsoc.org/commentary/blog-posts/podcast-debating-birthright-citizenship-two-perspectives

How to Think about Birthright Citizenship
https://www.claremont.org/featured/the-14th-amendment-immigration-and-citizenship/

Settled Law: Birthright Citizenship and the 14th Amendment
https://americanmind.org/features/the-case-against-birthright-citizenship/settled-law-birthright-citizenship-and-the-14th-amendment/

Is Birthright Citizenship Destined for the Supreme Court?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sue-REjGXo0

Trump Says He is Seriously Looking at Ending Birthright Citizenship
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-trump/trump-says-he-is-seriously-looking-at-ending-birthright-citizenship-idUSKCN1VB21B

Differing views:

What is birthright citizenship -- and can Donald Trump get rid of it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2jzABGerpM

The US Needs to Eliminate Birthright Citizenship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfKKtU1LgDk

The Fight for Birthright Citizenship in America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=788If50vyYU

What is Birthright Citizenship?
https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2018/11/02/what-is-birthright-citizenship

9 Things to Know about Birthright Citizenship
https://www.heritage.org/immigration/commentary/9-things-know-about-birthright-citizenship

Why the United States Has Birthright Citizenship
https://www.history.com/news/birthright-citizenship-history-united-states