How Could It Change America This is a critically important question that touches on the long-term future of our country. Here’s what the data currently shows, drawing from U.S. Census Bureau projections, the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), and Pew Research data. The Current Birthrate Numbers: The Center for Immigration Studies estimated 225,000–250,000 annual births […]
This issue could change the face of our nation over the next four decades. The Original Purpose: Yes, It Was About Slavery: The citizenship clause was added to the Constitution in 1868 and was intended to overrule the Supreme Court’s 1857 decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford, which held that a Black person whose ancestors […]
Dear Friends, For over a century, America has operated under an interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause that many now believe is the only constitutionally permissible reading. Automatic citizenship for anyone born on American soil, regardless of their parents’ legal status, has become so accepted that courts have treated it as settled law. Even […]