“Many come from China, you might be surprised. China now is number one, we’re not just talking South America, Latin America, we’re talking about China, parts of Asia, it’s crazy.
Think of it, you’re an enemy of our country, you’re a general with war on your mind, you’re a dictator who we hate and who’s against us, and that dictator has his wife have a baby on American soil.
Congratulations, your son or daughter is now an American citizen. Does anybody think this makes sense?”
he said at a campaign rally in Columbia, Missouri.
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Trump went on to suggest that birthright citizenship produces a “birth tourism” industry that could lead to a wave of immigrants arriving to the U.S.
“This policy has even created an entire industry, it’s called ‘birth tourism,’ where pregnant mothers travel from all over the world to America to make their children instant lifelong citizens with guaranteed everything, everything, everything that you have is guaranteed: welfare, public benefits, right? Birthright citizens in turn can then bring their entire extended family into the country through chain migration,”he said.
Trump floated the idea of issuing an executive order banning birthright citizenship in an interview with Axios, which released a clip of the exchange Tuesday.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/414451-trump-suggests-foreign-dictators-take-advantage-of-birthright